Knox v. City of Granite Falls

Dell, Chief Justice.

Action for personal injuries sustained by Donna Knox, a minor, allegedly resulting from defendant’s negligence, and an action by her father, J. E. Knox, for special damages. Defendant appeals from judgments in favor of the plaintiffs.

On May 16, 1953, Donna, who was then seven years of age, was severely burned by a kerosene flare set out by the defendant’s employees as a warning device. For about a week prior to the accident the defendant had been engaged in constructing a water main in the street in front of the Knox home in Granite Falls, Minnesota. A ditch approximately…