Bengtson v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the district court for Ramsey county, where the action was tried by Wilkin, J.,- a verdict of $ 1,000 rendered for plaintiff, and a motion for a new trial denied.
1Opinion of the Court
Gilfillan, G. J.
Action for negligently causing the death of plaintiff’s intestate. Deceased was working for defendant as a sec-tionman in its yard within the city of St. Paul. At the time of the injury of which he died he was at work upon one of the tracks, when an engine and tender of defendant, with some cars attached, came along the track. He endeavored to get out of the way by going to one side and stepping over three piles or logs, about thirty feet long and from one to two feet in diameter, lying side by side, parallel with the track, and directly opposite the spot where he was at work,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hughes v. Winona & St. Peter RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1880
- Fleming v. St. Paul & Duluth RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1880
- Sherman v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
3Cited by7 opinions
- Osage Coal & Mining Co. v. SperraSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
- Schulz v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
- Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. KaneAppellate Court of Illinois · 1897
- Anderson v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Carr v. St. Clair Tunnel Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1902
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