Legal Opinion
Ellerman v. Skelly Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided October 8, 1948No. 34,540PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Losing, Chief Justice.
Action for personal injuries sustained as the .result of an explosion which occurred on January 10, 1942, in a tourist cabin near Forest Lake and alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendants.
The jury returned a verdict of $12,500 in favor of plaintiff. From an order denying its subsequent alternative motion for judgment or a new trial, defendant Skelly Oil Company appealed.
In its motion for a new trial and on appeal, appellant assigns as error the following: (1) The evidence does not sustain a finding of negligence; (2) the trial court erred (a) with…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Fonda v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
- Merrill v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1927
- Sauer v. Union Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1891
- Schultz v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1941
- Reynolds v. International & Great Northern Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1905
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine v. George A. Fuller Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Zuber v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1956
- Connolly v. Nicollet HotelSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1960
- Stockton East Water District v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2007
- Breese v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1983
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