Lee v. Wild Rice Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Norman county to recover $5,000 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Grindeland, J., and a jury which rendered a verdict for $3,000 in favor of plaintiff. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
Appellant company was operating a planing mill, consisting of a one-story wooden structure eighty feet long and twenty two feet wide. The machines were located on the main floor, and about eight *75or nine feet above, on a number of cross-pieces or joists, referred to in the evidence as the second story, were the shafts and pulleys operating the same. Between two of the joists, at a point about five feet south of the north wall, was an appliance known as the “blower,” made of galvanized iron and about the size of an ordinary hard coal burner, in which a fan revolved to generate the air suction…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Samuelson v. Hennepin Paper Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
3Cited by2 opinions
- Rase v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- Suprenant v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1913