Wegge v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Montana Supreme Court
Appeals from District Court, Hill County; W. B. Rhoades, Judge. Action by Charles Wegge against the Great Northern Railway Company and another. From a judgment for plaintiff and an order denying them a new trial, defendants appeal. The verdict is so excessive as to entitle defendants to a new trial.
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Appeals from District Court, Hill County; W. B. Rhoades, Judge. Action by Charles Wegge against the Great Northern Railway Company and another. From a judgment for plaintiff and an order denying them a new trial, defendants appeal. The verdict is so excessive as to entitle defendants to a new trial. If the verdict is merely scaled by the court, and the view is taken that defendants are not entitled to a new trial, as a matter of right, we urge that the verdict be radically sealed. ' {Hall v. Northern Pac. By. Co., 56 Mont. 537, 186 Pac. 340; Emerson v. Butte Electric By. Co., 46 Mont. 454,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cooper
This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries the plaintiff received while resting in a caboose a mile west of Frazer station. The accident occurred between the hours of 12 and 1 o’clock, shortly before the time it was customary for the men to return to the caboose to be carried back to wprk. The plaintiff was a member of a crew unloading gravel brought in cars from a pit three miles west of the unloading point referred to in the evidence as the “industrial tracks” and forming part of the yards at Frazer. Cars fitted *381with bunks for sleeping quarters, and equipped for…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Philadelphia & Reading Railroad v. DerbySupreme Court of the United States · 1853
- New Jersey Steamboat Co. v. BrockettSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Moyse v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1910
- Conway v. Monidah TrustMontana Supreme Court · 1915
- Cornell v. Great Northern Ry. Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1920
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