Anderson v. H. C. Akeley Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Hen-nepin county,' Smith, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after verdict of $2,000 for plaintiff in an action for a personal injury.
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
While the plaintiff was engaged as a servant of the-defendant in operating a planing-machine in its mill, a large leather-belt, by which the machine was driven, parted at the place where the ends of the leather strip were united to form the belt, and struck the plaintiff’s elbow, causing an injury for which this action is prosecuted. The defendant is charged with liability for negligence in respect to the fastening of the belt above referred to, the alleged fault being not in the method employed, but that the fastening had been allowed to-become and to remain insecure. We have come to the…
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