Smith v. St. Paul City Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $250 damages for killing plaintiff’s dog. The case was tried before Kelly, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $50. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLovely, J.
Action against defendant for negligently running one of its •street cars in the city of St. Paul upon, and thereby killing, a valu*255able dog belonging to plaintiff, who had a verdict. A motion for judgment (or, if denied, for a new trial) was overruled, from which order this appeal brings the record, with the evidence, into this court for review.
The defendant contends that there was no evidence of negligence on the part of the street-car company in running its car upon the dog, and that the court below erred in excluding an ordinance providing that dogs in the city of St. Paul must be licensed,…
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