Hoppe v. City of Winona
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Winona county by the administrator of the estate of Ernest Lampe against the city of Winona and the La Crosse Water Power Company to recover $5,000 for the death of his intestate. The facts are stated in the opinion.
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Action in the district court for Winona county by the administrator of the estate of Ernest Lampe against the city of Winona and the La Crosse Water Power Company to recover $5,000 for the death of his intestate. The facts are stated in the opinion. The complaint alleged, among other things, that the wires were capable of conveying a very powerful current of electricity, were not insulated, were negligently attached to short steel towers or brackets fastened to the top of the bridge, and were so carelessly and negligently strung that at one point they passed within three or four feet of the…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
By an act of congress approved September 25, 1890 (26 St. 470), an act of the legislature of tlie state of Wisconsin (Laws Wis. 1880, p. 314, c. 274), and Sp. Laws Minn. 1891, p. 742, c. 113, the city of Winona was authorized to construct and maintain a wagon bridge across the Mississippi river from the city to the Wisconsin side of the stream. Pursuant to this authority the bridge was constructed and since maintained by the city. Defendant La Crosse Water Power Company owns and operates a power plant on the Wisconsin side of the river, developing therefrom electricity and conveying the same…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Christianson v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Engel v. . Eureka ClubNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- City of Winona v. BotzetCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
- Musolf v. Duluth Edison Electric Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- Snider v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
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- Morton's Adm'r v. Kentucky-Tennessee Light & Power Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1940
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