Hartigan v. Dickson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $2,500 for personal injuries. - From an order, Otis, J., sustaining a demurrer to a portion of the answer, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLovely, J.
Action for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while in the employ of the Great Northern Railway Company.
The complaint, in substance, charges that while plaintiff was at work in the line of his duty, prying apart portions of a locomotive engine, he inserted a wedge between such parts to keep them asunder, when defendant negligently removed the wedge, causing an iron framework against which the lever in use by plaintiff rested to spring suddenly back, whereby his hand was caught and injured. The answer alleges that plaintiff and defendant were in the service of the common employer; that…
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