Elmer v. Mutual Steamship Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $11,-016 for personal injuries. The facts are stated in the opinion. The answer was a general denial. The case was tried before Dibell, J., and a jury which returned a-verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1,600. Erom an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, it appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, J.
On Tuesday morning, June 22, 1909, the steamship E. G. Hart-well, owned by defendant, arrived at Superior, Wisconsin, with a cargo of soft coal, and was moored to a dock for the purpose of discharging her cargo. The Hartwell is 525 feet in length by 55 feet in width, and is provided with-15 hatches in the deck for the recep*258tion and discharge of cargo. Each of these hatches extends athwart ship, and is 50 feet long by 12 feet wide. They are numbered from 1 to 15, beginning’ at the forward end of the deck. There is a distance of 12 feet between each hatch and the one next to it. In front of No.…
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