Sims v. American Steel Barge Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant, tbe American Steel Barge Company, from a judgment of tbe District Court of Ramsey County, Chas. D. Kerr, J., entered July 7,1893, against it for $3,667.85. Tbe plaintiff, James Sims, on June 1, 1892, was employed by defendant in tbe work of fitting inside steel plates to tbe frame of a steel barge it was then building at West Superior, Wis.
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Appeal by defendant, tbe American Steel Barge Company, from a judgment of tbe District Court of Ramsey County, Chas. D. Kerr, J., entered July 7,1893, against it for $3,667.85. Tbe plaintiff, James Sims, on June 1, 1892, was employed by defendant in tbe work of fitting inside steel plates to tbe frame of a steel barge it was then building at West Superior, Wis. He was taking upon a mould or wooden strip tbe exact position of tbe rivet boles in tbe steel frame of tbe vessel to enable him to lay off or indicate corresponding boles in tbe steel plate that was to be fitted on. He was called a…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
Plaintiff was a ship plater in defendant’s employ, at its yards in West Superior, Wis. He was injured while “laying off” steel plates upon the deck of a steam barge which defendant corporation was constructing in said yards. The deck beams of steel had. been put in, but the spaces between them were open. In order to do his work, the plaintiff had to go upon a staging made of two or more planks, sixteen or eighteen feet long, laid upon wooden horses about two and a half feet high. These horses rested on planks laid down upon the deck beams. A plank used for staging broke, and plaintiff was…
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- Fraser v. Red River Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Lindvall v. WoodsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- Marsh v. HermanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Joy v. Winnisimmet Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Ambuehl v. MatthewsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
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- Blomquist v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1895
- Merrill v. PikeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
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