Mazey v. Loveland
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $10,000 for personal injury received in passing from defendant’s bouse to the street and $500 for expenses incurred.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $10,000 for personal injury received in passing from defendant’s bouse to the street and $500 for expenses incurred. The answer alleged that at the time of the accident plaintiff was in the employ of a corporation and engaged in the performance of the duties of her employment on behalf of the corporation and that both she and the corporation had duly accepted the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act and were subject to the provisions thereof. The case was tried before Fish, J., who when plaintiff rested granted defendant’s…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
Defendant’s residence is situated at the corner of Sheridan avenue and Kenwood boulevard in the city of Minneapolis. The plot of ground on which the building stands is several feet above the grade of the adjoining streets, and is terraced in the usual manner. At the top of the terraced embankment defendant had stretched a wire parallel with Sheridan avenue nt a height of about two feet, supported by gas pipes driven into the ground. The purpose of this evidently was to keep persons from crossing the yard lawn. On the evening of May 20, 1914, plaintiff called at the residence of defendant for…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Depue v. FlatauSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- Hunnewell v. HaskellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
- Rooney v. WoolworthSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1902
- Peake v. BuellWisconsin Supreme Court · 1895
- Kinney v. OnstedMichigan Supreme Court · 1897
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- Cohen v. DaviesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
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- Ruth v. Hutchinson Gas Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1941
- Schmidt v. George H. Hurd Realty Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1927
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