Titus v. Crookston Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Beltrami county to recover $2,999 for personal injury received while in the employ of defendant. The case was tried before Stanton, J., who when plaintiff rested granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the action. From an order denying his motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, C.
Plaintiff brought suit to recover damages for personal injuries and at the close of his evidence the court dismissed the action. He made a motion for a new trial and appealed from the order denying the motion.
Defendant has a spur track upon a trestle extending from the shore out into Lake Bemidji and runs logging trains out upon this track and there unloads them. Plaintiff was one of the crew engaged in unloading these logs in January, 1913. All the logs which he had assisted in unloading had been unloaded upon the north side of the trestle. There was a platform along the south side…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Heydman v. Red Wing Brick Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
- Lyons v. DeeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- Johnson v. Mac LeodSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1910