Hostager v. Northwest Paper Co.
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Hostager v. Northwest Paper Co.
Opinion of the Court
Action to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s intestate, in which plaintiff had a verdict, and defendant-moved for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and appealed from an order denying it.
We are confronted at the outset with the fact that the order is not appealable. We have repeatedly held that an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict- is not appealable. Oelschlegel v. Chicago G. W. Ry. Co., 71 Minn. 50, 73 N. W. 631; Savings Bank of St. Paul v. St. Paul Plow Co., 76 Minn. 7, 78 N. W. 873; Kalz v. Winona & St. Peter Ry. Co., 76 Minn. 351, 79 N. W. 310; Sanderson v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co., 88 Minn. 162, 92 N. W. 542, 60 L. R. A. 403, 97 Am. St. 509; Peterson v. Minneapolis St. Ry. Co., 90 Minn. 52, 95 N. W. 751.
A distinction is made between an order based upon an alternative
Appeal dismissed.
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- MARTIN L. HOSTAGER v. NORTHWEST PAPER COMPANY
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