Seamer v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $20,000 for injuries received while in defendant’s employ. The answer alleged tbat plaintiff’s injuries were due to her own negligence and that of the operator of the passenger elevator mentioned in the opinion. The case came on to be tried before Hanft, J., who granted defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings. From an order denying her motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtDibell, J.
This is an action for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant. At the trial the defendant moved for judgment on the pleadings. The motion was granted. The plaintiff afterward moved for a new trial and appeals from the order denying it.
There are three questions;(1) Whether Laws 1915, p. 253, chapter 187, is unconstitutional because its subject is not expressed in its Title.(2) Whether it applies to employees situated as was the plaintiff.(3) Whether, if it does, it denies to the defendant the equal protection of the laws within the prohibitions of the…
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