Hooper v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for McLeod county by plaintiff, as administratrix of the estate of William H. Hooper, deceased, to recover $5,000 on account of his death. The case was tried before Cad well, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the amount demanded. From an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLovely, J.
This action is brought by plaintiff, as administratrix, to recover for the alleged negligence of defendant in causing the death of her husband. The plaintiff’s intestate, William H. Hooper, was an employee of defendant, serving as brakeman on one of its freight trains running through Eagle Bend, a small station on its line of road, where the accident which caused his death occurred October 24, 1898. Plaintiff had a verdict. Defendant, after a motion for a new trial, which was denied, attacks the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the finding of the jury upon two grounds: (1) That there is…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hendrickson v. Great Northern Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Struck v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
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