Nichols v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Mower county to recover damages for injuries caused by the negligence of the defendant and its servants. At the trial the court, Whytock, J., directed a verdict for defendant. From an order denying a motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCanty, J.
The defendant, for the purpose of unloading gravel from its flat cars in the repair of its railroad, used a plow to which was attached a wire cable about 250 feet long, used in pulling the plow by steam power. This cable was coiled up under a coal shed the fall before, and remained in this condition all winter. The plaintiff was in the employ of defendant as a wiper in its roundhouse. On the day in question the defendant’s foreman, Padden, got orders to lengthen the cable to the length of 300 -feet. In order to do this, it was necessary to straighten out the cable, and measure it, and…
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