Kolsti v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.

This was an action for injuries to plaintiff, a child of eight years, received while playing on a “turn-table” belonging to and situated on the ground of defendant. The complaint makes a case similar, in its essential features, to that of Keffe v. Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. Co., 21 Minn. 207. It is doubtful if, within the rule laid down in that case, a verdict for the plaintiff could have been sustained on the evidence introduced at the trial. But the case was submitted to the jury, who found for defendant. The court, in its general charge, very fully and clearly defined the rule laid down in…