Powell v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $50,000 for the death of plaintiff’s husband. The case was tried before Bunn, J., and a jury which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $11,-000. From an order denying its motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
START, O. J.
Albert D. Powell, a brakeman employed by the defendant, a Minnesota corporation, was killed in the state of North Dakota, while acting as such, by the admitted negligence of other employees of the defendant, for which it is liable under the fellow servant statute of that state. This action was brought in the district court of the county of Ramsey, in this state, by the widow of the deceased, to recover damages for such negligence by virtue of a statute of North Dakota hereinafter referred to. She obtained a verdict for $11,000, and defendant appealed from an order denying its…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Stewart v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Herrick v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
- Negaubauer v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
- Lathrop v. SchutteSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
- Midland Co. v. BroatSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
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- Chubbuck v. HollowaySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1931
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