Spencer v. Albert Lea Brick & Tile Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Freeborn county to recover $25,000 damages for personal injuries. The case was tried before Kingsley, J., who directed a verdict in favor of defendant. From an order denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial, he appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJaggard, J.
Plaintiff and appellant was employed by defendant and respondent as an engineer in defendant’s factory. Another of defendant’s servants called the attention of defendant’s general manager to a belt which *404was slipping on a pulley attached to the main shaft revolving one hundred eighty times a minute, and which therefore failed to operate the pug mill with which it was connected. It was the approved custom to apply a thick resinous fluid, called belt dressing, to stop the slipping. This servant had already attempted to apply the belt dressing, but had failed. Upon his complaint the general…
Also in this document: Per curiam.
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Pennsylvania Telephone Co. v. VarnauSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1888
- Larson v. HaglinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1908