Costello v. Frankman
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $50,000 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Bunn, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $5,000. From -an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict ■or for a new trial, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
'DEWIS, J.
Appellants were engaged in constructing a span of the so-called High Bridge in St. Paul, and for that purpose erected a scaffold, or ■falsework, consisting of timbers upon the top of which they were •operating a derrick located on a traveler. The engine was stationed on the bank of the river and operated a wire cable which was conveyed to the derrick, and directed in its course by means of three pulleys fastened at different places in the trestlework. At the time of '■the accident appellants were engaged in raising certain timbers from "the river up through the falsework to the top…
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