Blomquist v. Minneapolis Furniture Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $10,000 for injuries sustained while employed by defendant in operating a planing machine in its factory.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $10,000 for injuries sustained while employed by defendant in operating a planing machine in its factory. The complaint alleged that the machine contained a roller, the function of which was to hold the boards down to be planed that they might not be kicked back when being planed against the operator; that while plaintiff was operating the machine “said rollers” were not sufficiently tight to prevent the boards being planed being kicked back against plaintiff, and he complained to defendant of this condition and declined to work…
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
Plaintiff was employed as feeder upon a planing machine. The machine had two sets of rollers, one in front and one behind the knives. Between each of the knives there was a pressure bar. To ■operate the machine the feeder inserted between the front rollers the board to be planed, thereupon the board would be caught and carried forward by them, pushed under the pressure bar and against the knives, and finally caught by the rollers in the rear and drawn out from the machine. Plaintiff testified that upon May 18, 1909, he was engaged in feeding small boards to the planer, and during the forenoon…
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- Magers v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
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