Koplitz v. City of St. Paul
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Bamsey county to recover $2,040 for personal injuries caused by a defective street in defendant city. The case was tried before Brill, J., and a jury, which rendered a general verdict in favor of plaintiff for $300. The jury also returned a special verdict, in answer to the specific question submitted by the court, that the driver of the vehicle from which plaintiff was thrown was guilty of negligence which contributed to the injury.
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Action in the district court for Bamsey county to recover $2,040 for personal injuries caused by a defective street in defendant city. The case was tried before Brill, J., and a jury, which rendered a general verdict in favor of plaintiff for $300. The jury also returned a special verdict, in answer to the specific question submitted by the court, that the driver of the vehicle from which plaintiff was thrown was guilty of negligence which contributed to the injury. From a judgment entered pursuant to the general verdict, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
START, O. J.
The plaintiff was one of a party of twenty-six young people who celebrated the Fourth of July last by a picnic at Lake Johanna, about twelve miles from St. Paul. The picnic was a mutual affair, in that the party cpnsisted of about an equal number of young-men and young women, each lady being invited and escorted by a gentleman, for whom and herself she furnished lunch; but at meal time the several lunches were merged, and became a common spread. The ladies had nothing to do with the matter of the transportation of the party to and from the lake. This was the exclusive business of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Flaherty v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
- Howe v. Minneapolis, Saint Paul & Sault Sainte Marie Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
- Follman v. City of MankatoSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
- Johnson v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- Wosika v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
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- Schwartz v. JohnsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1925
- Kokesh v. PriceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
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