Bailey v. Grand Forks Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Polk county by John Bailey to recover $15,000 damages for personal injuries sustained by his minor son while employed by defendant. The case was tried before Watts, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $7,-500. From an order denying its motion for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
START, O. J.
Barney Bailey, hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff, a minor seventeen years old, was on July 9, 1907, injured while working- for the defendant in its sawmill at East Grand Forks by his foot coming in contact with a saw. His father brought this action in the district court of the county of Polk to recover damages for the benefit of the son on account of such injury. Verdict for $7,500. The defendant appealed from an order denying its motion for a new trial.
*193The assignments of error raise two general questions.
The first one is: Did the trial court err in denying the defendant’s…
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