Kostrezeba v. Hobart Iron Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $10,000 damages for personal injuries. The case was tried before Dibell, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1,500. From an order denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
Action brought in the district court of the county of St. Louis to recover damages on account of personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff on May 28, 1906, while in the employ of the defendant in its iron mine. Verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $1,500. The defendant appealed from an order denying its motion for judgment or a new trial.
1. The first contention of the defendant is that the evidence was not sufficient to sustain a verdict for the plaintiff; hence the trial court erred in not directing a verdict for the defendant as it requested.
The evidence is practically conclusive that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Steinbauer v. StoneSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
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