Goodsell v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Otter Tail county, Searle, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after verdict of $1,275 for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtGileillan, C. J.
Action for damages sustained from the giving way of an elevator at a hotel, in which the plaintiff was riding at the time. The objection is made that there was no evidence of negligence on tl:-o part of the owner of the hotel. The evidence was such as to make that a question for the jury. The fall of the elevator was in consequence of the cable breaking. As the evidence suggests no other cause for its breaking, it must have happened either from its having been originally insufficient or from its having become insecure from wear. It appears to have been in use three or four years, so far as…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Mantel v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
3Cited by33 opinions
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- Tippecanoe Loan & Trust Co. v. JesterIndiana Supreme Court · 1913
- Mitchell v. MarkerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1894
- Gibson v. International Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
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