Stadtherr v. City of Sauk Center

Plaintiff, as the representative of the estate of Arthur Stadtherr, seeks to recover for the death of the decedent. The child was ñve years, seven months and twenty days old at the time of the drowning in a forebay. Defendant city owned the premises, other than the street, which it leased to the Central Minnesota Power & Milling-Company, herein referred to as the milling company, which was in exclusive possession thereof. The city bought the same from the milling company in 1926, it having been the owner for many years previously. The court directed a verdict for defendant city, and the jury…