Hanson v. Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway Co.

Murphy, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment granted in favor of the defendant railway company notwithstanding a verdict for the plaintiff. The action arises out of a collision between a Budd car operated by the defendant company and an automobile driven by the plaintiff. The trial court determined that the plaintiff was contributorily negligent as a matter of law. It is on this issue that the case is brought before us.

Our review of the record must be guided by the well-established principle that a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict accepts the view of the evidence most…