Beanstrom v. Northern Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Otter Tail county, Searle, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after verdict of $700 for plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries at a highway-crossing of defendant’s railroad.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
1. The only question in this case is whether the evidence justified the jury in finding that the defendant was guilty of negligence, and that the plaintiff was not guilty of contributory negligence. We have no doubt as to the sufficiency of the evidence to justify the conclusion that the defendant was negligent. A careful perusal of it satisfies us that it was sufficient to warrant the jury in finding that the train which caused the.injury passed the street crossing at the rate of 25 or 30 miles an hour, without giving any signal of its approach, except blowing a whistle at the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Shaber v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
- Kelly v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
- Weyl v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- Mark v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
- State ex rel. Ketcham v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
3Cited by9 opinions
- Judson v. . Central Vermont R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Anderson v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
- Woehrle v. Minnesota Transfer Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
- Antonian v. Southern Pacific Co.California Court of Appeal · 1909
- Turner v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1925
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