Welker v. Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass'n
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $50,400 damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff. The case was tried before Orr, J., who directed the jury to return a verdict in favor of the defendant. From an order denying a motion for a new :rial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
The Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association, respondent, was the owner of a certain two-story and basement frame building in St. Paul, in which was a freight elevator known as a “hand hoist,” operated by ropes and pulleys, but not equipped with mechanical safety devices, as provided by section 2250, G. S. 1894. On February 17, 1904, the building was leased to the American Broom Company, a corporation, for the period of three years, and that company took possession of it on April 1, 1904, and was in' possession thereof at the time of the accident'. On or about the middle of December, 1905,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hamilton v. Minneapolis Desk Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
- Tvedt v. WheelerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
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- Kelly v. Theo. Hamm Brewing Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1918
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