Hocum v. Weitherick
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendants from an order of the district court for Carver county, Hariscóme, J., presiding, (sitting for the judge of the eighth district, 1 refusing a new trial after verdict for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtCornell, J.
The injuries sustained by plaintiff, to recover damages for which this action is brought, resulted from his being caught upon the uncovered knuckle and tumbling-rod of a threshing machine owned by defendants, and then being operated by them in threshing wheat upon plaintiff’s farm in Carver county. Whether these injuries were caused by the culpable negligence of defendants, in operating their machine in an unlawful manner, or were partly the result of some act or acts of plaintiff, amounting to contributory negligence on his part, was the principal question raised by the pleadings and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- St. Anthony Falls Water Power Co. v. EastmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1874
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