Winters v. City of Duluth
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for St. Louis county, Ensign, J., sustaining a demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
START, O. J.
This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff in the pumping station connected with the defendant’s system of waterworks. The complaint alleged that the plaintiff, who was an employee of the city, stumbled upon an obstruction or projection in the floor of the pumping station, which caused him to fall forward into the revolving fly wheel .of the engine, which the defendant had negligently left unguarded, whereby his kneecap was broken. The complaint, however, did not allege that the plaintiff gave to the council of the defendant city…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Johnson v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Willis v. MabonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- State v. CassidySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
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