Corbin v. Winona & St. Peter Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of tbe district court for Lyon county, Webber, J., denying a motion for a new trial, after a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1,750.
1Opinion of the Court
COLLINS, J.2
Plaintiff’s intestate, bis son, aged about 19 years, was killed while in defendant’s employ as a brakeman upon one of its freight trains, and, alleging negligence as tbe cause of tbe death, plaintiff brought this action to recover damages. A verdict was rendered against defendant, and this appeal is from an order denying its motion for a new trial.
No dispute exists over tbe main facts. Tbe deceased bad been in defendant’s employ as a freight brakeman about four months, when killed. On tbe night of December 21, 1892, be was acting *186as head brakeman upon a freight train going…
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- George v. ClarkCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1898
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