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Buenemann v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided August 21, 1884PublishedCited by 30 opinions

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the district court for Ramsey county, where plaintiff had a verdict for $5,000, and a motion for a new trial was denied by Wilkin and Brill, JJ.

1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.

The defendant’s depot at Alexandria, -where the injury complained of occurred, was a wooden building 160 feet long by 24 feet wide, surrounded by a platform 16 feet wide on the north side and about 13 feet wide on the south side, and extending each way beyond the ends of the building about '48 feet, with steps at each end to go up and down. The building was used as .a “combination” depot, the east end being used as a freight-house, and the west 36 feet as an office and passengers’ waiting-room. The partition between the office and the waiting-room ran north and south, the waiting-room being…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. McDonald v. Chicago & N. W. R. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1868

3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. LucasIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Huber v. MillerOregon Supreme Court · 1902
  3. Lydick v. B. & O. R. R.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1880
  4. Fordyce v. MerrillSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1887
  5. Hiatt v. Des Moines, Northern & Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1895

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