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Mattfeld v. Nester, 32 N.W.2d 291 (1948)

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Mattfeld v. Nester, 32 N.W.2d 291 (1948)
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Mattfeld v. Nester, 32 N.W.2d 291 (1948)
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Minnesota (state)
Effective Date
1948-04-16

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Lexington & Frankfort R. R. Co. 53 Ky. (14 B. Mon.) 204 (Reprint p. 165); McCubbin v. Hastings, 27 La. Ann. 713; Worley v. Cincinnati, H. & D. R. Co. I Handy (Cin. S. C.) 481; Hansen v. Hayes, 175 Or. 358, 154 P. (2d) 202; Armstrong v. Marshall (Tex. Civ. App.) 146 S. W. (2d) 250; Philby v. N. P. Ry. Co. 46 Wash. 183, 89 P. 468, 123 A. S. R. 926, 9 L.R.A. (N.S.) 1193, 13 Ann. Cas. 742. Dicta to that effect are found in some cases. Pack v. The Mayor, etc., of City of N. Y. 3 N. Y. (3 Comst.) 489. An equally imposing array of authorities denies such a right of recovery. Nixon v. Ludlam, 50 Ill. App. 273; Shields v. State, 149 Ind. 395, 49 N. E. 351; Ferguson v. Delaware & Atlantic T. & T. Co. 71 N. J. L. 59, 58 A. 74; Callaghan v. Lake Hopatcong Ice Co. 69 N. J. L. 100, 54 A. 223; Tollerson v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. 188 S. C. 67, 198 S. E. 164; Restatement, Torts, § 925. The English cases also deny such a right of recovery. Admiralty Commrs. v. S. S. Amerika [1917] A. C. 38, Ann. Cas. 1917B, 877; Clark v. London General Omnibus Co. Ltd. [1906] 2 K. B. 648, 2 British R. C. 694, and note, 6 Ann. Cas. 198.