Anderson v. Winston

In this case a motion for a new trial is made by plaintiff. Defendants were contractors excavating a tunnel through a hill in the northern part of the city of St. Paul, in this district. It was a face cut. One side of the hill was a little higher than the other, where the excavation- was made. It appeared from the testimony that the contractor worked night and day gangs. The plaintiff was an employe in the night gang, under a foreman, and brings this suit to recover damages from a personal injury suffered, as charged from the negligence of the defendants. This cut was through a hill which was…