Wilson v. Anderson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Blue Barth county to recover $20,350 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Comstock, J., who at the close of the testimony denied separate motions by defendants for a directed verdict, and a jury which returned separate verdicts in favor of defendants. From an' order substituting Elizabeth Wilson, administratrix, as plaintiff, and authorizing the substituted plaintiff to dismiss the cause, defendant Anderson appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtQuinn, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiff Ervin Wilson, in the district court for Blue Earth county, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the concurrent negligence of the defend*275ants while traveling upon a public highway in said county. The defendants answered separately by different counsel, denying the alleged negligence, and affirmatively alleged that plaintiff’s injury was caused by his own negligence.
A trial of the issues resulted in a separate verdict for each of the defendants. Plaintiff then moved for a new trial, and later died from the injury which…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Van Wagenen v. ChladekSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1911
3Cited by1 opinion
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