Kretzschmar v. Meehan
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Bed Lake county to recover $350 damages for the destruction of plaintiff’s bridge alleged to have been caused by defendants’ negligence. The case was tried before Watts, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $200. The complaint included a second cause of action, which was withdrawn by plaintiff when the case was called for trial.
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Action in the district court for Bed Lake county to recover $350 damages for the destruction of plaintiff’s bridge alleged to have been caused by defendants’ negligence. The case was tried before Watts, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $200. The complaint included a second cause of action, which was withdrawn by plaintiff when the case was called for trial. From an order denying a motion for judgment on both causes of action notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Plaintiff owned a milldam across Red Lake river at Thief River Falls, over which she had constructed a bridge of the value of $350. At a short distance above the dam defendants erected a sawmill, using in connection therewith the mill pond for storing and sorting saw logs. They erected and constructed in the pond' and river a boom, or, as termed in the briefs, a “sorting works,” occupying therefor the whole width of the river except a narrow channel on the west side; the sawmill and boom being upon the east side. In the spring of 1897 the ice, snow, logs, and driftwood floating down the river…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Clark v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1881
- Yellow Medicine County Bank v. WigerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
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- Casey v. American Bridge Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Obert v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913