Lutzer v. St. Paul Table Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Eamsey county by tbe father and natural guardian of Alois John Lutzer, a minor, to recover $10,000 for personal injury.
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Action in the district court for Eamsey county by tbe father and natural guardian of Alois John Lutzer, a minor, to recover $10,000 for personal injury. The complaint, after describing the construction and operation of the “tennis” machine and the horizontal knives, alleged that they were operated in violation of Laws 1911, p. 403, c. 288, amending sections 1813 and 1814 of the Eevised Laws 1905, and the machine was in a dangerous and defective condition in that defendant unlawfully neglected to provide it with exhaust pipes and fans of sufficient size to carry off the dust created by it when…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, J.
This is a personal injury action by a father on behalf of his minor son. There was a verdict for $6,000 in favor of plaintiff. A motion for a new trial was made, and denied on condition that plaintiff consent to a reduction of the verdict to $4,500. Plaintiff so consented, and defendant appealed from the order denying a new trial.
The facts, either admitted or sufficiently established by the evidence, are in substance as follows: Defendant operates a factory for the manufacture of tables in North St. Paul. About February 12, 1912, Alois John Lutzer, hereinafter called the plaintiff, a boy…
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