Olson v. McMullen
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff from an order of the district court for Henne-pin county, Lochren, J., presiding, refusing a new trial, the action having been dismissed at the trial, on defendant’s motion, at the close of plaintiff’s evidence.
1Opinion of the CourtGilfillan, C. J.
Action for an injury to plaintiff’s person, caused by alleged negligence of defendant. The negligence alleged consisted in this, that the defendant’s foreman, without informing him of the danger, ordered plaintiff, who was in defendant’s employment, and who alleges he was not aware of the danger, and who, by reason of being an ignorant person, unable to speak or understand the English language, was unable to appreciate and understand the danger, into a place of great and extraordinary danger to do his work. The work in which plaintiff was employed was wheeling earth in a wheelbarrow to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Walsh v. St. Paul & Duluth RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1880
3Cited by29 opinions
- Bradley v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1897
- Thomas v. Georgia Granite Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1913
- Erdman v. Illinois Steel Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1897
- Swanson v. City of LafayetteIndiana Supreme Court · 1893
- Swanson v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
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