Goulding v. Ferrell
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action appealed from justice court to the district court for Mille Raes county to recover $50 for damages to a certain sidewalk caused by leading a horse over it. The case was tried before Taylor, J., and a jury which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for two dollars. Defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial was denied and from a judgment for the amount of the verdict and $43.02 costs entered against him, he appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
START, O. J.
Action to recover damages which the plaintiff claimed to have sustained by the wrongful act of the defendant in injuring a sidewalk built and owned by the plaintiff in front of his lot abutting on a public street in the village of Princeton. The case was commenced in justice court, and brought into the district court of the county of Mille Lacs by defendant’s appeal from the judgment in justice court. A trial by jury in the district court resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for two dollars. The defendant moved the court for judgment in his favor notwithstanding the verdict or…
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