McMahon v. Davidson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This, and several other actions, were brought in the district court for Dakota county, to recover damages for personal inj uries alleged to have been caused by the explosion of the boiler of the steamboat “ John Eumsey.”
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This, and several other actions, were brought in the district court for Dakota county, to recover damages for personal inj uries alleged to have been caused by the explosion of the boiler of the steamboat “ John Eumsey.” It is alleged in the several complaints substantially, that the said steamboat “John Eumsey ” and the steamboat “ Albany,” were both owned in part by the defendant, and at the time of the explosion or bursting of the boiler of the “ John Eumsey,” were engaged in racing; that the persons bringing said actions were employed as “ deck hands,” some on the “ John Eumsey,” and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court
Wilson, Oh. J.
On the 3d day of November, A. D. 1864, the plaintiff was employed as a “deck hand” on the steamboat “ John Eumsey,” which was used in transporting passengers and freight on the Mississippi Eiver, *360between LaCrosse and St. Paul; and by tbe bursting of tbe boiler of tbe boat, be suffered personal injuries, to recover damages for wbicb this action was brought. At tbe term for which tbe cause was noticed for trial, tbe defendant moved tbe court for an order dismissing tbe action, and for judgment in bis favor on tbe pleadings, wbicb was denied, and defendant having…
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