Renlund v. Commodore Mining Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county by plaintiff, as administrator of the estate of John Erickson, deceased, to recover $5,000 for the death of decedent. The case was tried before Dibell, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1,000. From a judgment entered pursuant to the verdict, defendant appealed..
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
This action was commenced under G. 8. 1894, § 5918, for the benefit of the next of kin of the deceased, who lost his life while working in the defendant’s mine. The accident occurred as follows: There was a shaft three hundred seventy-two feet deep, at an angle of about twenty-seven degrees, in which were operated two skip tracks, separated by timbers about four feet apart. On these tracks two skip cars were arranged to balance each other, so that, when one was going up, the other would be going down. The skips were run by an engine at the upper end of the shaft. On the right side of the…
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