Perry v. Tozer
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Washington county by plaintiff, a minor under the age of sixteen years, by his guardian ad litem, to recover $25,000 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Wil-liston, ]., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $7,750. From an order denying a motion for judgmént notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
LOVELY, j.
Action to recover for personal injuries sustained by a boy of fourteen years while employed 'in defendant’s sawmill át South Stillwater. *432There was a verdict for plaintiff. This appeal is from an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or a new trial in the alternative.
The evidence tended to show that plaintiff had worked in defendant’s mill tending a “slab conveyor” twenty-four days when the accident occurred. The purpose of the slab conveyor was to transmit boards to two circular saws, where they were to' be cut, and from thence carried to a place…
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