Nylund v. Duluth & Northeastern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
'Action in the district court for St. Louis county by the administrator of the estate of August Lehto, deceased, to recover $5,000 for the death of plaintiff’s intestate. The answer denied that the injury and death of the intestate were caused by any negligence whatever •on its part. The case was tried before Dibell, L, who granted defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. From an order denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial, he appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
1. This action is brought to recover damages for the death of August Lehto. Deceased was unloading logs from one of defendant’s ■cars. The logs were loaded lengthwise on flat cars, two piles on each car. They were held in place by upright standards on each side -of the car. The mode of unloading was as follows: Cars were “spotted” at an unloading place alongside the Cloquet river. Then the standards on the river side of the car were pulled out and the logs -allowed to roll down into the river. The standards were pulled by a lever operated from the land side of the car. The men worked in…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Johnson v. St. Paul & Duluth RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1890
- Lavallee v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- Blomquist v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Pearson v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Tay v. Willmar & Sioux Falls Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
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- Seamer v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1919
- State ex rel. Winston-Dear Co. v. District Court of St. Louis CountySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1920