Lally v. Crookston Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Polk county to recover $10,000 damages for personal injuries. The case was tried before Watts, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in 'favor of plaintiff for $5,000. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
The gist of the complaint is that plaintiff was operating a circular saw in defendant’s sawmill, and was clipping shingles thereon; that the place furnished him to stand in was dangerous, because the shingles, coming down from a floor above through a spout, had a tendency to fall upon the saw and be thrown about; that the saw was unguarded; that plaintiff remained in the dangerous place and operated the saw upon defendant’s promise to protect it by putting up a guard; that defendant did not so protect the saw as promised; and that, while at work, shingles, having accumulated, dropped upon the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Morse v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
- Anderson v. C. N. Nelson Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Anderson v. H. C. Akeley Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Scharenbroich v. St. Cloud Fiber-Ware Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
- Day v. H. C. Akeley Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Glockner v. Hardwood Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- Syverson v. NelsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1955
- Hermann v. ClarkSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- Reid v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1927
- Whitney v. KaliskeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
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