Johnson v. Nelson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $50,000 for personal injuries received while in the employ of defendant. Defendant's motion for judgment in its favor on the pleadings was granted by Hale, J. From the judgment entered pursuant to the order for judgment, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
A judgment, rendered in defendant’s favor upon the pleadings, is assailed'by this appeal. The complaint states facts entitling plaintiff, a servant, to damages against his master, the defendant, for injuries sustained in the employment because of the latter’s negligence. The injuries were received on June 30, 1913, while plaintiff was working near Owen, in the state of Wisconsin, at railroad construction in which defendant was there engaged. The answer alleged that at the time of the injury, and long prior thereto, there was in force in the state of Wisconsin a statute known as the “Workmen’s…
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