Kayser v. Lindell
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Goodhue county to recover $20,000 damages for. personal injuries to plaintiff’s minor son, Raymond Kayser. The cause was tried before Williston, J., and a jury, which returned a verdict of $250 in favor of plaintiff. From an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial, Crosby, J., he appealed.
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Action in the district court for Goodhue county to recover $20,000 damages for. personal injuries to plaintiff’s minor son, Raymond Kayser. The cause was tried before Williston, J., and a jury, which returned a verdict of $250 in favor of plaintiff. From an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial, Crosby, J., he appealed. It is admitted that appellant leased the floor of the tenement house to respondent; but it is nowhere claimed by either party to this action that the premises upon which this retaining wall is situated were leased to respondent, nor, as to them, that the relation of…
1Opinion of the CourtCanty, J.
On April 12, 1896, and for a long time prior thereto, defendant *125was the owner of a lot in Red Wing, in this state. The lot fronted 180 feet on a certain street, and there were upon the lot two dwelling houses, fronting on the street, one on each side of the lot; the space between the houses being 50 feet. Defendant resided in one of these houses himself, and rented the first floor of the other house to plaintiff, who, with his family, resided therein. The topography of the ground was such that the back of the lot was about nine feet lower than the front of it. About 15 feet from the rear of…
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