Kanz v. J. Neils Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Cass county by the guardian ad litem of Peter Kanz to recover $15,000 for personal injuries. The substance of the pleadings is given in the fifth paragraph of the opinion. The case was tried before McClenahan, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $13,150. From an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, it appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, J.
Defendant, during the year 1908, owned a sawmill at Cass Lake containing the usual machinery for manufacturing lumber from logs. On the extreme south side of the mill were six circular saws thirty-six inches in diameter, set four feet one inch from each other, and used for cutting slabs into lath stock. About seven and one-half feet to the north of these saws stood the edger table, supported on I-beams. To the north of this edger table were located other tables and saws. Under these tables ran a set of conveyor chains, placed about three feet apart. These chains moved across the floor from…
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