Davidson v. Otter Tail Power Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Otter Tail county to recover $30,000 for injuries to plaintiff’s minor son. The case was tried before Parsons, J., who at the dose of the testimony granted defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. From an order denying her motion for a new trial, Minnie Davidson appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtDibell, J.
This is an action by the plaintiff, the mother of Ernest Davidson, a boy ten years and three months old at the time of his injury, to recover in his behalf damages which he sustained by coming into contact with a live electric wire of the defendant. . The court directed a verdict' *447for the defendant. The plaintiff appeals from the order denying her motion for a new trial.
The defendant, an- electric power company, had a dam and switch house and other buildings, and owned a tract of land, 5% miles southwest of Fergus Falls at a point called the Dayton Hollow Dam-. About 200 feet southeast of the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Mattson v. Minnesota & North Wisconsin RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
- Daltry v. Media Electric Light, Heat & Power Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1904
- Musolf v. Duluth Edison Electric Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- Benton v. North Carolina Public-Service Corp.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1914
- Nelson v. Branford Lighting & Water Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1903
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Znidersich v. Minnesota Utilities Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1923
- Bunten v. Eastern Minnesota Power Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1929
- Neumann v. Interstate Power Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1929
- Weber v. J. E. Barr Packing Corp.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1931
- Thornton Bros. v. Northern States Power Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1922
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