Janny v. Great Northern Railway Co.

This is an action for the recovery of damages,, which the plaintiff claims to have sustained by reason of an assault and robbery committed upon him by the defendant’s employés while he was a passenger upon its railway train. He recovered a verdict for $268.33, and the defendant appeals from an order denying its-motion for a new trial.

The plaintiff alleges in his complaint that he was, on September 7, 1894, a passenger for hire on the defendant’s railway train from Grookston to Barnesville in this state, and that after the train reached the latter place, and while he was still a passenger, he…