Johnson v. United Flour Mills Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Brown county to recover $12,525 for injuries received while in the employ of defendant. The case was tried before Olsen, J., who denied defendant’s motion to dismiss the action, and a jury which returned a verdict for $725.50. From an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, it appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtPhilip E. Brown, J.
Appeal by defendant from an order denying its alternative motion, after verdict for plaintiff, in an action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligence.
About 10 years prior to the accident plaintiff commenced to work for defendant in its mill at Sleepy Eye. Some three years thereafter it installed an elevator from the first to the third floor, consisting of a continuous rubber belt running over pulleys. Steps made of two boards 23 inches long and 14 inches wide, set at right angles to each other, were hinged to the belt, so that in descending…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Petra v. Crookston Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1915