Legal Opinion

Nye v. Dibley

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided February 6, 1903No. Nos. 13,231-(212)PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Action in the district court for Clay county to recover $2,000 for personal injuries. The case was tried before McGee, J., (sitting for the judge of the Seventh judicial district), and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for the sum of $1,500. From an order denying a motion for a new trial, defendants appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.

Action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendants. Plaintiff had a verdict in the court below, and defendants appealed from an order denying their motion for a new trial.

The facts are as follows: Defendants are copartners, and at the time complained of were engaged in constructing, under contract with Clay county, abutments to a bridge over a coulee on a public highway in the southern part of the city of Moorhead. A portion of the material used was building stone, and a large quantity of it was hauled and deposited by defendants near…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Morse v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
  2. Bemis v. TempleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
  3. Phelps v. Winona & St. Peter RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
  4. Crocker v. McGregorSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1884

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. City of Winona v. BotzetCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
  2. Aubin v. Duluth Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1926
  3. Solberg v. SchlosserNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1910
  4. Shearer v. PuentSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1926
  5. Cunningham v. Township of ClaySupreme Court of Kansas · 1904

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