Phelps v. Winona & St. Peter Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Waseca county, Buckham, J., presiding, refusing a new trial, after a verdict of $5,000 for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
Action for damages resulting from defendant’s negligence causing the death of plaintiff’s intestate. The negligence charged was throwing snow from the railroad track upon the highway at a crossing, the bank formed by which on one side was highest at the south end, and on the other side highest at the north end, thus rendering the highway impassable on the usual travelled track, and compelling travellers to enter the cut at the end where the bank was lowest on that side, and then follow the railroad track to a point at which they could get out on the opposite side; that this state of things…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Railway Co. v. McCarthySupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Morse v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
- Hidden v. JordanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1865
- Kent v. Town of LincolnSupreme Court of Vermont · 1860
- Shaber v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
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- Barlow v. Salt Lake & U. R.Utah Supreme Court · 1920
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