Parker v. Pine Tree Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Morrison county to recover $2,000 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Baxter, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1,848. From an order denying a motion for judgment in its favor notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for injuries *14received while working for defendant in its sawmill at Little Falls, Minnesota.
He had worked about the mill at night some two months when the accident occurred, more or less about what is known as a “trimmer,” and it was on this trimmer that he was injured. The trimmer in this particular instance consisted of a table over twenty-four feet long and seven and one-half feet widé, located on the east side of the mill, against the wall, or very near it, which table was equipped with a number of circular saws, each about ten inches…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Glockner v. Hardwood Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- Parker v. Pine Tree Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1903