Hall v. Northern Pacific Ry. Co.
Montana Supreme Court
Appeals from District Court of Silver Bow County; Eckuin M. Lamb, Judge. Action by Yictoria Hall, as administratrix of tbe estate of Albert Hall, deceased, against the Northern Pacific Railway Company and "W. H. Nokes. Yerdiet and judgment for plaintiff for $25,000. Defendants appeal from it and an order denying their motion for a new trial.
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Appeals from District Court of Silver Bow County; Eckuin M. Lamb, Judge. Action by Yictoria Hall, as administratrix of tbe estate of Albert Hall, deceased, against the Northern Pacific Railway Company and "W. H. Nokes. Yerdiet and judgment for plaintiff for $25,000. Defendants appeal from it and an order denying their motion for a new trial. Defendants moved for a directed verdict, on the ground that the evidence leaves it wholly a matter of conjecture as to what was the proximate cause of the collision. When the evidence leaves it doubtful as to whether the injury may not, with propriety, be…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantly
This action was brought to recover damages for the death of Albert Hall, a locomotive engineer, who was fatally injured in a collision in the yards of the East Butte Mining Company at Butte, Montana, on April 6, 1916. The yards are situated a short distance southeast of the city and are inclosed by a board fence. A side-track of the defendant railway company, called the lead-track, in the yards, enters them at a gate at the northwest comer and extends a distance of about 1,700 feet toward the east to what is designated in the record as the Bullwhacker loading platforms-. From the gate it…
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