Legal Opinion

Koslowski v. Thayer

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided November 6, 1896No. Nos. 10,046-(24)PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal by plaintiff, administrator of the estate of Lee Koslowski, deceased, from a judgment of the district court for Benton county, in favor of defendants, entered in pursuance of the order of Searle, J.

1Opinion of the Court

MITCHELL, J.2

This was an action to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s intestate, caused by the alleged negligence of the defendants. At the time he was killed the deceased was working in defendants’ sawmill as “feeder” of a lath machine. The negligence charged is that the defendants failed to provide a proper “dust board” in front of the saws, for the purpose of preventing missiles from flying back from the saws and striking the person engaged in feeding the machine. The particular in which it is claimed that the dust board was defective is that the lower end was allowed to swing…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Cameron v. Great Northern Railway Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Murphy v. Southern Pacific Co.Nevada Supreme Court · 1909
  3. Scherer v. SchlabergNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1909
  4. Beard v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
  5. Lehman v. Dwyer Plumbing & Heating Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908

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