Stelter v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff pursuant to a verdict of the jury. The appellant made no motion for a new trial in the court below but did make a motion for a directed verdict at the close of the case. This motion was denied and upon this appeal the denial of the motion for directed verdict is specified as error.

The plaintiff seeks damages for personal injuries and damages to property resulting from a collision between a motor vehicle driven by the plaintiff and a gasoline motor train operated by the defendant. The collision took place on May 6, 1940, at a…