Hostager v. Northwest Paper Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action by the administrator of the estate of Harold Anderson,, deceased, in the district court for Carlton county to recover $1,99.9.99-fór the death of his intestate. The answer set up the contributory negligence of decedent and his assumption of the risks.
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Action by the administrator of the estate of Harold Anderson,, deceased, in the district court for Carlton county to recover $1,99.9.99-fór the death of his intestate. The answer set up the contributory negligence of decedent and his assumption of the risks. The case-, was tried before Cant, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1,500. From an order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding- the verdict or for- a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Defendant is a corporation engaged in operating a paper factory at Cloquet, this state. Its factory is a two-story structure equipped with all necessary machinery and appliances for the conduct of its business. It uses in the manufacture of paper large quantities of wood, which is ground into pulp and by appropriate processes transformed into paper. The wood, when brought to the factory, is in the form of long timbers, and is cut into suitable lengths of about eighteen inches, when, by a machine located on the second floor of' the building, the bark thereof is removed and the- blocks…
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