FORDE v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO.

No. 36,091.

241 Minn. 246 (1954)

HOWARD FORDE v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

February 19, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert E. Olson and Romaine Powell, for appellant.

M.L. Countryman, Jr., Earl F. Requa, and W.S. Lycan, Jr., for respondent.


MATSON, JUSTICE.

Appeal from an order granting defendant's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

This personal injury action, brought by a front-seat automobile passenger, arises out of a collision between an automobile and a passenger train which was backing up over a railway crossing in the city of Bemidji where Midway Drive, a four-lane concrete highway of a width of 40 feet, intercepts a main-line railway track and a switch track. Although the...

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