Leionen v. Oliver Iron Mining Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Itasca county by the administrator of the 'tate of Jacob Hyvonen, deceased, to recover $5,000 for the death of his intestate. The case was tried before McClenahan, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for the sum demanded. Prom an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, it appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Start, O. J.
On October 25, 1907, the plaintiff’s intestate, hereinafter referred to as the deceased, was in the employ of the defendant, and engaged with other employees in sinking a shaft in the defendant’s iron mine in the county of Itasca. The shaft, on the day named, had been sunk to the depth of about one hundred fifty feet. There were then two pumps in use in the shaft, one on each side thereof and some twenty-five feet from the bottom, and operated by a pump man, who, *338when it was necessary to prime the pumps, used a rubber hose pipe eighteen feet long and one inch in diameter extending…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Renlund v. Commodore Mining Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- Laitinen v. Shenango Furnace Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908