State v. Smith
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant, Dow S. Smith, from a judgment of the Mumieipal Court of the City of Minneapolis, Stephen Mahoney, J., entered January 19, 1894, adjudging him guilty of an offense under Laws 1893, ch. 63, and fining him $75. There was also an appeal by defendant, Frank S. Hoskins, from .a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of St. Paul convicting him'of a like offense.
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Appeal by defendant, Dow S. Smith, from a judgment of the Mumieipal Court of the City of Minneapolis, Stephen Mahoney, J., entered January 19, 1894, adjudging him guilty of an offense under Laws 1893, ch. 63, and fining him $75. There was also an appeal by defendant, Frank S. Hoskins, from .a judgment of the Municipal Court of the city of St. Paul convicting him'of a like offense. On January 8, 1894, Dow S. Smith was superintendent and general manager of the Minneapolis Street Railway and on that day ‘sent out the motoneer with electric car No. 505 without having provided it with an enclosure…
1Opinion of the CourtGileillan, C. J.
In these two cases the validity of Laws 1893, ch. 63, entitled “An act to compel street railway companies to protect certain of their employees from the inclemency of the weather,” is called in question.
That act requires of street-railway companies operating electric, cable, or steam cars, requiring the constant service of persons on any part of the cars except the rear platform, to provide each car with an inclosure, constructed of wood, iron, and glass, or similar suitable material, sufficient to protect such employes from exposure to the inclemency of the weather, but not so as to obstruct…
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