Connolly v. Davidson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This action was brought in the district court for Dakota county, against the defendant Davidson, and Harvey T. Eumsey, to recover damages for personal injury alleged to have been caused by the explosion of the boiler of the steamboat “John Eumsey,” and is of the same character as that of McMahan vs. Davidson, 12 Mmn. 35J, and of Fay vs. Davidson, 13 Minn. 523; the explosion in this case being the one mentioned in said cases.
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This action was brought in the district court for Dakota county, against the defendant Davidson, and Harvey T. Eumsey, to recover damages for personal injury alleged to have been caused by the explosion of the boiler of the steamboat “John Eumsey,” and is of the same character as that of McMahan vs. Davidson, 12 Mmn. 35J, and of Fay vs. Davidson, 13 Minn. 523; the explosion in this case being the one mentioned in said cases. The defendant Davidson appeared, and after issue was joined, the cause was removed by stipulation to the district court for Ramsey county, and tried therein, resulting in…
1Opinion of the Court
Eipley, Ch. J.
By the Court On the 4th Nov. 1864, the plaintiff was employed as a deck hand on board the steamboat Albany, on which day said boat and the steamboat John Eumsey were navigating the Mississippi river, and when near Saint Paul, and near each other, the boiler of the John Eumsey exploded, by which personal injuries were occasioned to the plaintiff, to recover damages for which this action ivas brought, in which at the May term, 1868, of the district court of Eamsey county, the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff, and against defendant Davidson. The case comes up upon exceptions…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- McMahon v. DavidsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1867
- Merrick v. . GordonNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- Fay v. DavidsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1868
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