Hodgins v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Dickey County; Lauder, J. Action by Thomas Plodgins against the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad Company for the killing of plaintiff’s horse. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Wallin,
This action, is brought to recover damages for the killing of plaintiff’s horse. The horse was killed in the evening, at about 8:45 o’clock, on May 24th, 1890, by being run over by defendant’s locomotive. The accident occurred on a bridge at a crossing of the Maple river, a" short distance east of Boynton station, in Dickey County. When struck by the locomotive, the hind legs of the horse had slipped through the ties of the bridge, so that the animal could not extricate them, and the horse was partly on the railroad track and partly off the track and on the bridge. The animals head was…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Bostwick v. Minneapolis & Pacific Railway Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1892
- Smith v. Northern Pacific RailroadNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1892
3Cited by12 opinions
- Carr v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1907
- Bishop v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1895
- Wright v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1903
- Corbett v. Great Northern Railway Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1910
- Sinkling v. Illinois Central Railway Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1898
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