Scheffler v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.
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Last cited by a Minnesota appellate court in 1941, among the opinions in this site’s citation index.
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Cases that cite this one
8 later published cases cite this decision.
- Shelby Mutual Insurance Co. of Shelby v. Girard Steel Supply Co. (D. Minn. 1963)
- Loegering v. County of Todd (D. Minn. 1960)
- Eklund v. Evans (Minn. 1941)
- Albrecht v. Potthoff (Minn. 1934)
- Aho v. Jesmore (Minn. 1907)
- Negaubauer v. Great Northern Railway Co. (Minn. 1904)
- United States Electric Lighting Co. v. Sullivan (D.C. Cir. 1903)
- Harshman v. Northern Pacific Railway Co. (N.D. 1905)
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Opinion of the Court
The action is brought by 'a father to recover for the killing, through the alleged negligence of the defendant, of his son, a child 17 months old, whereby the plaintiff, as he alleges, has been and will be deprived of the services of said son. The statute provides: “A cause of action arising out of an injury to the person dies with the person of either party.” Gen. St. 1878, c. 77, § 1.. This is only declaratory of the rule at common law. Insurance Co. v. Brame, 95 U. S. 754, and cases cited; Carey v. Berkshire R. Co., 1 Cush. 475. The statute (Gen. St. 1878, c. 77, § 2,) creates a cause of action when death is caused by the wrongful act or omission of
Order reversed.
Dickinson, J., because of illness, took no part in this decision.
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