Valley v. Crookston Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Polk county against Crookston Lumber Co. and Robert Mitchell to recover $15,000 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Watts, J., who at the close of the testimony denied separate motions of defendants to dismiss the action as to each, and separate motions to direct verdicts in favor of each, and a jury which returned a verdict for $1,150 in favor of plaintiff.
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Action in the district court for Polk county against Crookston Lumber Co. and Robert Mitchell to recover $15,000 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Watts, J., who at the close of the testimony denied separate motions of defendants to dismiss the action as to each, and separate motions to direct verdicts in favor of each, and a jury which returned a verdict for $1,150 in favor of plaintiff. Erom the judgment entered pursuant to the order for judgment, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
Plaintiff was injured by being thrown from a portable water tank while in the employ of the defendant lumber company. The injury was a fracture of the left thigh. The broken bone did not *388properly lieal or unite, and the result was a shortening of the leg about four inches and for a long time an open wound upon the leg. Plaintiff was in a hospital at Bemidji under the care of his physician, Dr. Marcum, from the time of his injury, December 3, 1911, until August 26, 1912. After he left the hospital on this day he was asked to meet the attorney for defendants. He did so and made a settlement of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Marple v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
- Maki v. St. Luke's Hospital Ass'nSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
- Rase v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1912
- Chicago, St. P. & K. C. Ry. Co. v. PierceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1894
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