Christianson v. Northwestern Compo-Board Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $5,000 damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff’s minor son. Tbe case was tried before McGee, J., and a jury, wbicb rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and denying a new trial on condition that plaintiff, consent to a reduction of the verdict, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
START, O. J.
Thomas Christianson, a minor of the age of nineteen years, for whose benefit this action is brought, and who will be designated hereafter as the plaintiff, was, on April 2, 1900, injured by coming in contact with a revolving circular saw in the defendant’s factory. *26This action was brought to recover damages for such injuries on the ground of the defendant’s negligence. The trial thereof resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for $4,000. Thereupon the defendant made a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or for a new trial. The trial court made its order denying the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Christianson v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Wuotilla v. Duluth Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
- Tvedt v. WheelerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
- Keegan v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
3Cited by29 opinions
- Rase v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- Anderson v. SettergrenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- Tarr v. Keller Lumber & Construction Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1928
- Fowlie v. First Minneapolis Trust Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1931
- Bimberg v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1944
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