Larson v. Swift & Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action by the administrator of the estate of Albert J. Wendt, deceased, against defendant corporation and Oscar A. Fisher, to recover $5,000 for the death of his intestate. The separate answers alleged negligence on the part of deceased. The replies were general denials. The case was tried before Brill, J., and a jury which returned a verdict' in favor of defendants. From an order denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial, he appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
This action is brought by plaintiff, for the benefit of the next of kin of Albert J. Wendt, deceased, to recover damages for the death of Wendt through the alleged negligence of the defendant corporation, in whose employ Wendt then was. The other defendant is claimed to have been a foreman of the employer, and is also charged with negligence. At the close of all the evidence a verdict wras directed in favor of the defendants. A motion for a new trial was made and denied. This appeal is from the order denying the motion.
The deceased was a millwright and carpenter forty-seven years old, five…
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