Hagglund v. St. Hilaire Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Red Lake county to recover $2,-000 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Watts, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1,800. On motion the verdict was set aside and judgment ordered for defendant. Plaintiff appealed from the judgment.
1Opinion of the CourtJaggard, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiff and appellant against the defendant and respondent to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him while in defendant’s employ as a laborer in their sawmill on February 14, 1900. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff, which on motion of the defendant was set aside. Judgment was entered in favor of the defendant notwithstanding the verdict, from which judgment this appeal was taken on March 8, 1905.
The facts which appeared in evidence in the trial court are briefly as follows: The plaintiff, a farmer boy twenty-two years old,…
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