Meyer v. Kenyon-Rosing Machinery Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $5,000 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Willard R. Cray, J., who directed a verdict in favor of defendant upon the close of plaintiff’s testimony. From an order denying a motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
Action to recover damages for injuries to plaintiff’s hand, alleged to have been occasioned by one of defendant’s servants by turning on the power and starting up the fly wheel of a threshing machine while plaintiff was engaged in adjusting a certain turn-buckle. At the close of plaintiff’s case the court, on motion, directed a verdict for defendant.
There is evidence which reasonably tends to support the following facts: Plaintiff and two others were copartners in the threshing business, and purchased a threshing machine from defendant at Minneapolis. The contract of purchase and promissory…
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- Eason v. S. & E. T. R'y Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1886
- Empire Laundry Machinery Co. v. BradyIllinois Supreme Court · 1896
- Welch v. Maine Central RailroadSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1894
- Church v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Wagen v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
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