Marfia v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $15,000 for injury received in Wisconsin while employed by defendant as a section hand.
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Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $15,000 for injury received in Wisconsin while employed by defendant as a section hand. The complaint set out the provisions of chapter 254 of the laws of Wisconsin for the year 1907 and of chapter 485 of the laws for 1911. The answer denied that plaintiff’s injury was caused by any negligence of any kind on its part, and alleged that plaintiff was familiar with all the dangers of his employment, entered upon it and continued therein with full knowledge thereof, and assumed all the risks and dangers of the employment. The case was…
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, O.
Plaintiff brought suit for personal injuries and recovered a verdict. Defendant made an alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial and appealed from the order denying the motion.
The accident occurred on the evening of June 26, 1912, at defendant’s ice house in the city of West Superior, Wisconsin; and the action is based upon the statutes of the state of Wisconsin.
Plaintiff and several other employees of defendant were engaged in taking ice from the ice house and loading it upon cars. They made use of a chute which reached from the floor of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Price v. Standard Life & Accident InsuranceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- Hilary v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- McAllister v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
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- Hogue v. MassaSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1963
- Doll v. ScandrettSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1937
- Polin v. St. Paul Union Depot Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1924
- Von Eye v. HammesDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1956
- Burke v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
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