Reid v. Northwestern Fuel Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $15,000 for personal injuries. The answer alleged that plaintiff, who was in its employ as a carpenter, while attempting to climb upon a certain scaffold, used in the construction of a vertical bulkhead, took hold of a plank which was resting with one end on plank sheeting on the wall between the pump room and the bulkhead, and with the other end upon a bracket; that, in his efforts to climb upon the scaffold, he…
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Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $15,000 for personal injuries. The answer alleged that plaintiff, who was in its employ as a carpenter, while attempting to climb upon a certain scaffold, used in the construction of a vertical bulkhead, took hold of a plank which was resting with one end on plank sheeting on the wall between the pump room and the bulkhead, and with the other end upon a bracket; that, in his efforts to climb upon the scaffold, he pulled the plank from its resting place on the sheeting, and in doing so fell backward, taking the plank with him, the…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Action for personal injuries alleged to have been received by plaintiff by reason of the negligence of defendant. Plaintiff had a verdict, and defendant appealed from an order denying its alternative ¿potion for judgment or a new trial,1
Plaintiff was in the employ of .defendant as a carpenter, and engaged with other servants in constructing for defendant a large frame bulkhead in its coal yards at Superior, Wisconsin. , The work consisted in the removal of an old bulkhead, and the construction of a new one in its place. The face of the structure was supported by large upright posts thirty…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- McKee v. TourtellotteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
- Berneche v. HilliardSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- Gittens v. William Porten Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- Hagerty v. EvansSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- Rihmann v. George J. Grant Construction Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
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- Olsen v. Blue Limestone Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1912