Solleim v. Norbeck & Nicholson Co.
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit 'Court, Spink County. Hon. Alva E-Taylor, Judge. Action by Jacob Sollcim against the Norbedc & Nicholson Company, to recover for personal injuries. From a judgment for defendant upon a directed verdict, and from an order denying a new trial, plaintiff appeals. There was sufficient evidence introduced by plaintiff at the trial to warrant the submission of the cause to the jury.
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Appeal from Circuit 'Court, Spink County. Hon. Alva E-Taylor, Judge. Action by Jacob Sollcim against the Norbedc & Nicholson Company, to recover for personal injuries. From a judgment for defendant upon a directed verdict, and from an order denying a new trial, plaintiff appeals. There was sufficient evidence introduced by plaintiff at the trial to warrant the submission of the cause to the jury. The evidence of plaintiff clearly shows that he was entirely inexperienced in the -work about which he was engaged, 'and that it was the duty of his employer to not only warn the plaintiff of the…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCOY, J.
From the record it appears that respondent, Norbeck & Nicholson Company, is a corporation engaged in the business of constructing and repairing Artesian wells; that appellant was employed by respondent as a laborer to assist in the prosecution of such business; that a well crew consists of a foreman or boss and some three or four assistants or helpers; that the managing officers, or agents of respondent instructed the foreman as to what particular work was to be done, and the helpers received their instructions from .the foreman-; that dynamite was used in the prosecution of such business in…
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