Murphy v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of tbe district court for Ram.sey county, Bunn, J., after a verdict for defendant, denying a new trial.
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Appeal by plaintiff from an order of tbe district court for Ram.sey county, Bunn, J., after a verdict for defendant, denying a new trial. Cited the following cases: Southerland v. Northern, 43 Fed. '646; Northern v. Herbert, 116 U. S. 642; Bessex v. Chicago, 45 Wis. 477; Hulehan v. Green, 68 Wis. 520; Kelly v. Erie, 34 Minn. 321; ■Cook v. St. Paul, 34 Minn. 45; Franklin v. Winona, 37 Minn. 409; Waters v. Pioneer, 52 Minn. 474; Sheedy v. Chicago, 55 Minn. 357; Delude v. St. Paul, 55 Minn. 63; Sims v. American, 56 Minn. 68; Scharenbroich v. St. Cloud, 59 Minn. 121; Voyer v. Dispatch, 62 Minn.…
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
The plaintiff, 28 years old, was a laborer in the employ of the defendant company in its general yards in the city of St. Paul, in which capacity he had been engaged from April, 1896, to August 20th of the same year, on which last-named day he, with ■other laborers, were called by one of defendant’s foremen to move a transfer table. This machine consisted of a heavy wood and iron frame, movable upon wheels, which ran upon rails sunk in a pit two or three feet deep, and over 300 feet long. This machine was usually moved by compressed air, but sometimes by cranks and by hand, and used for the…
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