Schmeltzer v. St. Paul City Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $2,500 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Kelly, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $300. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
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Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $2,500 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Kelly, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $300. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed. Exhibit 1, referred to in the opinion, was offered in evidence by defendant on cross-examination of plaintiff’s witness, Olaf Olson, who testified that it was his statement of the facts, signed by him, as to how the accident happened. The document was as follows: “Q. Did you see the accident?…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
This action is one to recover damages for injuries to the person of plaintiff caused, as he alleges, by the negligence of the agents and servants of defendant in the management and operation of one of its street cars, on which plaintiff had taken passage. The alleged negligent act is that of suddenly starting the car as plaintiff was in the act of boarding it, thereby causing him to fall and injure his person. The plaintiff had a verdict in the court below, and defendant appeals from an order denying a new trial.
Several questions' are raised in this court, but only one of them need be…
2Cited by4 opinions
- Swanson v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1958
- Baldwin v. Grand Trunk Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1901
- Kling v. Thompson-McDonald Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Hunt v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1903