Hermann v. Clark
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county by plaintiff as administrator of the estate of Emil Hermann, deceased, to recover $5,000 for the death of decedent. The case was tried before Otis, J., who upon the conclusion of plaintiff’s testimony, directed a verdict in favor of defendant. From an order denying a motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
This action was brought to recover damages caused by the death of plaintiff’s son and intestate, who was killed while working for defendant upon a dredgeboat operating upon the Mississippi river at the city of St. Paul.
Upon this dredgeboat was a cabin which inclosed a steam boiler, a main engine, a hoisting engine, a steam and a sand pump; the latter having two pipes — one, an intake, which received sand at the bottom of the river, and the other a discharge pipe, through which it was conveyed to the shore. The shafting which was used with the sand pump extended through the side of the cabin,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lally v. Crookston Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
3Cited by6 opinions
- Rase v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- Erickson v. Van Web Equipment CompanySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1965
- Glockner v. Hardwood Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- Hacker v. BerknerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1962
- Rozinka v. Duluth & Iron Range RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1930
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