Brough v. Baldwin
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Olay county to recover $20,000 for personal injuries sustained while working in defendant’s flour mill. The case was tried' before Taylor, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $5,250. From an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, he appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.
In an action to recover damages for personal injury the plaintiff recovered a verdict, and the defendant appealed from an order denying his motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial. The evidence tended to show the following facts and conditions: Respondent, Emerson F. Brough, was employed by the appellant as a flour packer. During the night of October 23, 1906, certain machinery, near and in connection with which Brough was required to work, became defective and out of repair. The foreman, Heath, and an employee named Prohaske, undertook to repair this machinery, and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Waligora v. St. Paul Foundry Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- Poczerwinski V. C. A. Smith Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- Rudquist v. Empire Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908