CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN RY. CO. v. MINNESOTA TRANSFER RY. CO.

No. 18364.

371 F.2d 129 (1967)

CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, and Railway Transfer Company of the City of Minneapolis, Appellants, v. MINNESOTA TRANSFER RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

January 30, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Stringer, of Stringer, Donnelly, Sharood & Stringer, St. Paul, Minn., for appellants, Arthur J. Donnelly, R. Paul Sharood and Edward C. Stringer, St. Paul, Minn., on the brief.

Vance B. Grannis, Sr., of Grannis & Grannis, South St. Paul, Minn., for appellee, Gordon Forbes, St. Paul, Minn., on the brief.

Before MATTHES and LAY, Circuit Judges, and HARPER, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a judgment allowing contribution under Minnesota law. The case below was tried to the court, who called an advisory jury, and then the trial judge made findings of fact consistent with the jury's special findings. Error is suggested by reason of the instructions given to the advisory jury. The trial court was at liberty to accept or reject the advisory verdict. The jury was called simply to assist the trial judge to make factual...

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