Soderstrom v. Curry & Whyte, Inc.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for St. Louis county to recover $21,430 for injuries received while in the employ of defendant in the hold of a steamboat. Defendant interposed a demurrer to the complaint on the grounds stated in the first paragraph of the opinion. Prom an order, Cant, J., overruling the demurrer to the complaint, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Lees, C.
Appeal from an order overruling a demurrer to the complaint. The demurrer was based on two grounds: The first, that the court had no jurisdiction of the subject of the. action; and the second, that the complaint failed to state a cause of action. The court certified that the questions presented were important and doubtful. A condensed statement of the.facts alleged follows:
Defendant is a Minnesota corporation dealing in and shipping pulpwood. It owns a dock at Two Harbors in this state on the navigable waters of that port, from which pulpwood is loaded into the holds of vessels plying…
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