Iverson v. Look
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Minnehaha County. Hon. Joseph W. Jones, Judge. Action by Anton Iverson against Carl Look, to recover damages for personal injury. From a judgment for defendant, and from an order denying a new trial, plaintiff appeals. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the law will presume that at the time a person was injured he was in the exercise of ordinary care.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Minnehaha County. Hon. Joseph W. Jones, Judge. Action by Anton Iverson against Carl Look, to recover damages for personal injury. From a judgment for defendant, and from an order denying a new trial, plaintiff appeals. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, the law will presume that at the time a person was injured he was in the exercise of ordinary care. Chase v. C., B. & Q. Railway Co., (Neb.) 135 N. W. 431; Whaley v. Vidal, (S. D.) 132 N. W. 242; Wright v. Sioux Falls Traction System, (S. D.) 133 N. W. 696. The negligence referred to in the interrogatories…
1Opinion of the CourtPoldey, J.
This action was brought for the recovery of damages occasioned by a personal injury received by plaintiff while 'in the defendant’s employ. The defendant was running a butcher shop in Sioux Falls, and, in collection with this business, he had a machine for the manufacture of sausage. This machine was fastened to a bench and consisted of a horizontal cylinder, inside of which was a spiral shaped blade or auger, which revolved in *329the cylinder and which was driven by an.electric motor, situated in an adjoining room. The power was transmitted from the motor to an overhead line shaft, which in…
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- Curtis v. McNairSupreme Court of Missouri · 1903
- Mather v. RillstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Nadau v. White River Lumber Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1890
- Whaley v. VidalSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1911
- O'Toole v. PruynMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
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