Jennings v. Iron Bay Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the district court for St. Louis county, where the action was tried before Mills, J., a verdict of $2,500 rendered for plaintiff, and a motion for a new trial denied.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
This was an action to recover for injuries sustained by plaintiff, a carpenter by trade, in falling from a scaffolding. He *112bad been engaged for some time with other workmen in the erection and completion of buildings designed for use in defendant’s manufacturing business, and about which the usual scaffolds had been constructed by these workmen, although it appears from the testimony that the plaintiff did not assist in constructing the one from which he fell. This was on the inside of the blacksmith shop, and had been erected to facilitate the putting-up of fixtures and machinery. The…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Kelly v. Erie Telegraph & Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
- Eicheler v. HanggiSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- Fraser v. Red River Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
3Cited by6 opinions
- Rihmann v. George J. Grant Construction Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
- Kansas City, M. & O. Ry. Co. v. BishopSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1929
- Reid v. Northwestern Fuel Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1911
- Johnson v. LindahlSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- McIntyre v. McIntyreSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1934
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