Wardwell v. Cameron
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $15,000 for personal injury received at tbe time of a fire in a building owned by defendant. Tbe facts are stated in tbe opinion. Tbe case was tried before Olin B. Lewis, J., wbo denied defendant’s motion to dismiss tbe action, and a jury wbieb returned a verdict of $3,713 in favor of plaintiff. From an order denying her motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
The same fire out of which arose the preceding case of Margaret McColl, as special administratrix of the estate of Jeanette Wilfond against this same defendant, gave rise to the events here involved. A further description of the premises and the circumstances of the fire is unnecessary, except as required to present the questions which arise on this appeal. Plaintiff at the time of the fire was a guest of her daughter who had rented two rooms from Anna Little, a tenant of defendant. Mrs. Little’s apartment was on the easterly side of the building and the one just below the top floor in which…
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