Spino v. Butler Bros.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for St. Louis county to recover $15,500 for personal injuries. The facts are stated in the opinion. The case was tried before Hughes, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $5,000. From the judgment entered pursuant to the verdict, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
On May 21, 1909, the plaintiff commenced to work for the defendant, a corporation which was then engaged in stripping an iron mine known as the La Rue. He worked with the track gang until June 1, 1909, and on that day he was put to work in the pit “gopher holing,” so called, which was accomplished by drilling a hole horizontally into the bank, charging it with dynamite or powder, attaching a fuse, and exploding the charge. On the morning *327of June 25, next thereafter, while he was attempting to explode a charge, sand and other substances were thrown into his face and eyes by an explosión, which…
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Anderson v. FieldingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1904
- Sieber v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
- Frigstad v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- Beardsley v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
3Cited by10 opinions
- Moeller v. St. Paul City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1944
- Woyak v. KonieskeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1952
- State v. CoxSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1927
- Althoff v. TorrisonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1918
- State v. PriceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
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