O'Brien v. Northwestern Improvement & Boom Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Washington county, Williston, J., denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
The complaint herein alleged four separate causes of action, each based on the operation or maintenance by the defendant of its dam known as “Government Rock Dam” across Kettle river.
The first count was to the effect that in the spring of 1895 the plaintiffs were engaged in driving logs in the river below the dam, and the defendant negligently operated its dam by holding back the water and then discharging it in unusual and unnecessary quantities, whereby the plaintiffs were delayed in making their drive, and the expenses thereof were greatly increased, to their damage in the sum of $8,000.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- O'Connor v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul RailwaySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1880
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