PROPPER v. CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.

No. 35,706.

237 Minn. 386 (1952)

WILLIAM H. PROPPER v. CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 1, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Stringer, Arthur J. Donnelly, and Sullivan, Stringer, Donnelly & Sharood, for appellant.

William T. Tautges and Amherst Tautges, for respondent.


MAGNEY, JUSTICE.

Plaintiff, William H. Propper, in a personal injury action recovered a verdict of $45,000. Defendant, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company, appeals from an order denying its alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial.

Plaintiff, a brakeman-conductor employed by defendant, sustained injuries as the result of a derailment of a freight train engaged in interstate commerce. He brought action under...

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