Quick v. Minnesota Iron Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for St. Louis county, refusing a new trial after a trial before Stearns, J., and verdict of $2,000 for plaintiff, in an action for negligence resulting in the death of plaintiff’s intestate, James Quick.
1Opinion of the Court
■G-ileillan, C. J.1
Action for injuries to plaintiff’s intestate, from *362which he died, caused, as alleged, by the negligence of the defendant. The deceased was in the employment of the defendant as a miner. The defendant, in its business of mining ore, had sunk a vertical shaft about 300 feet deep. Along this, at intervals, were what are called “levels,” being horizontal excavations or tunnels extended from the shaft to reach the ore. Of these there were four, the fourth being, as we understand, at the bottom of the shaft. The first and second from the top had been abandoned; the third was…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Cook v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
- Russell v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
- Wuotilla v. Duluth Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
- Olson v. McMullenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
- Hughes v. Winona & St. Peter RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1880
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Swanson v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- Denver Tramway Co. v. NesbitSupreme Court of Colorado · 1896
- Perras v. A. Booth & Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
- O'Niel v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- Lally v. Crookston Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
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