Riley v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Freeborn county against the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Company and Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company to recover $15,000 for personal injury received while in the employ of defendant railroad company.
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Action in the district court for Freeborn county against the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Company and Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company to recover $15,000 for personal injury received while in the employ of defendant railroad company. The separate answer of defendant telephone company alleged that at the request and for the benefit of the contractor of the new passenger station at Albert Lea the answering defendant raised its wires to a height of at least 27 feet above the ground and top of the rails of the track and securely braced and secured the same to the roof of the new…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
Defendant railroad company was engaged in constructing a new station building in its station yards in Albert Lea, this state. At the instance of the company, defendant telephone company, long prior to the commencement of the new structure, had installed a telephone in the old station, connected with the necessary telephone wires which extended over the yard tracks of the railroad company. During-the progress of the work oh the new building it became necessary to remove or elevate the wire as it extended over the same, and the telephone company was called upon and made the necessary…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Lyttle v. Chicago & West Michigan Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1890
- Peterson v. City of Red WingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- Boelter v. Ross Lumber Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
- Reed v. Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1887
- Thomas v. Wisconsin Central Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
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