Chapman v. Peoples Ice Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the municipal court of St. Paul to recover $500. The complaint alleged that while defendant company was cutting and removing ice from Bass lake it did not maintain any fence or guard at the openings made in the ice and waters until the ice had again formed in such openings to the thickness of sis inches, as by law required, and solely by reason of the negligence of defendant in the use of plaintiff’s horses they were drowned.
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Action in the municipal court of St. Paul to recover $500. The complaint alleged that while defendant company was cutting and removing ice from Bass lake it did not maintain any fence or guard at the openings made in the ice and waters until the ice had again formed in such openings to the thickness of sis inches, as by law required, and solely by reason of the negligence of defendant in the use of plaintiff’s horses they were drowned. The case was tried before Finehout, J., who denied defendant’s motion for a directed verdict, and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for the…
1Opinion of the CourtHaliam, J.
Defendant is in the ice business. In the winter time it cuts ice on Bass lake near St. Paul. Plaintiff lives near Bass lake. In December, 1912, plaintiff owned a team of horses and had in his employ a man named Bruener. Defendant solicited the hire of plaintiff’s team for use in cutting and harvesting ice on Bass lake. Plaintiff went to the foreman and negotiated for the hire of the man and team at $3.75 per day. The man was paid by plaintiff and he brought the team every night to plaintiff’s barn. When the man and team were on the ice they were subject to the order and direction of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Driscoll v. TowleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
- Shepard v. JacobsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Kimball v. CushmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Joslin v. Grand Rapids Ice Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1883
- Meyers v. Tri-State Automobile Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
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