Legal Opinion
Maxa v. County of Le Sueur
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided June 25, 1926No. 25,380PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuinn, J.
The relator, Frank E. Maxa, was in the employ of Le Sueur county as a laborer in a gravel pit at a weekly wage of $14.75. The employer had a crew of men and teams hauling gravel from a pit on the bank of a lake in that county for use on the highways. The foreman of the crew borrowed an old fish house and placed it in the pit for use as an office. This house was about 6 feet square. The foreman had a small stove in it upon which he made coffee for his midday lunch and relator also used it for that purpose. On December 16,1924, relator was at work in the pit. It was his duty to blast and loosen…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Matter of Heitz v. . RuppertNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Morier v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
- Matter of Di Salvio v. . Menihan Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1919
- Matter of Clark v. . VoorheesNew York Court of Appeals · 1921
- State ex rel. Miller v. District CourtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
3Cited by5 opinions
- Krause v. SwartwoodSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1928
- Callaghan v. BrownSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1944
- Bartkey v. Sanitary Farm DairiesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1927
- Hicken v. Ebert-Hicken Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1934
- Sudeith v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1941