Anderson v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Eoseau county to recover $7,500 for tbe death of plaintiff’s intestate. The case was tried before Watts, J., who at the close of the testimony denied defendants’ motion for a directed verdict, and a jury which returned a verdict for the amount demanded. From an order denying their motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Lees, C.
This is an appeal from an order denying defendants’ alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial in an *119action brought to recover for the death of Carl Hedlund, plaintiff’s intestate, in a collision between an automobile and a locomotive engine at a highway crossing.
On June 25, 1919, at about 3 o’clock in the afternoon of a clear, sunny day, Hedlund was driving a Ford car southerly along a public highway which crosses defendant’s railroad track about 2% miles east of the village of Greenbush in Roseau county, this state. The road on which he was…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Hendrickson v. Great Northern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Brown v. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
- Carlson v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Schneider v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Jenkins v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Dehaan v. WolffSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1929
- Chandler v. BuchananSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1927
- Rintala v. Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1924
- Rogge v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1951
- Schubitzke v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1955
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