Johnson v. Mac Leod
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $5,000 damages sustained while employed by defendants. The complaint alleged that defendants negligently failed to furnish plaintiff with a safe place in which to work and to warn plaintiff of the dangers incident to the work, and adopted a dangerous method of doing the work. The facts are stated in the opinion.
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Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $5,000 damages sustained while employed by defendants. The complaint alleged that defendants negligently failed to furnish plaintiff with a safe place in which to work and to warn plaintiff of the dangers incident to the work, and adopted a dangerous method of doing the work. The facts are stated in the opinion. In their answer defendants admitted that they employed a large number of men and the ordinary and proper appliances in and for doing such work; admitted that plaintiff was in their employ at that time and that he received…
1Opinion of the CourtJaggard, J.
Plaintiff and appellant, employed as a laborer in excavation *481work, was directed to kelp dump large steel buckets filled with materials from a cellar, raised by hoisting apparatus and dumped into wagons. A clutch on the bucket, when raised, was hit by a man with a hammer, and released. The bucket then tipped forward over the wagon and deposited its contents in the box. Plaintiff had assisted in dumping a number of buckets. He stood on the wagon, aided in steadying the bucket, and, after its contents were released, helped trip the bucket into its upright position. At the time of the accident…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf R. R. v. McDadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Steinbauer v. StoneSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- Rase v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- Scharenbroich v. St. Cloud Fiber-Ware Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
- Waligora v. St. Paul Foundry Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
3Cited by4 opinions
- Syverson v. NelsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1955
- Schultz v. KroschSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1939
- Bell v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
- Titus v. Crookston Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1915