Farrell v. G. O. Miller Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Goodhue county to recover $50,000 for personal injuries. The answer alleged negligence on the part of plaintiff. The case was tried before J ohnson, J., who at the close of the testimony denied defendant’s motion for a directed verdict, and a jury which returned a verdict for $9,640. From an order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed..
1Opinion of the Court
Lees, C.
Plaintiff was severely burned while lighting a fire in a cook stove, and brought this action to recover damages on the ground that defendant, without complying with section 8764, G. S. 1913, had sold and delivered gasolene to her brother Thomas, whose housekeeper she was, and that, in the belief that the gasolene was kerosene, she had used some of it to start the fire. The trial resulted in a verdict in her favor, and defendant appeals from an order denying its alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding or a new trial.
Defendant conducted a general store at White Rock in Goodhue…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Purcell v. St. Paul City Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Osborne v. McMastersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- Fairbanks, Morse & Co. v. GambillTennessee Supreme Court · 1919
- Burk v. Creamery Package Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1905
- Schaar v. ConforthSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
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3Cited by20 opinions
- State Stove Manufacturing Company v. HodgesMississippi Supreme Court · 1966
- Dohm v. R. N. Cardozo BrotherSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1925
- Mechler v. McMahonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1931
- Dart v. Pure Oil Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1947
- Ellis v. LindmarkSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1929
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