O'Hara v. Morris Fruit & Produce Co.

Holt, Justice.

Such a small, flimsy thing as a summer visor cap, accidentally dropped or intentionally thrown by its owner upon the public sidewalk abutting the store leased to defendant, in the hands of an energetic and plausible lawyer, produced verdicts aggregating $4,305.17 for plaintiffs. Defendant’s motions for judgments notwithstanding the verdicts or a new trial were denied, and it appeals.

The short facts are: Defendant is in the business its name implies in a building leased to it, fronting Sixth street north, Minneapolis, next to that occupied by the O’Hara Fruit Company, where…