Skogland v. St. Paul Gaslight Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey County to recover $30,000 for personal injuries suffered through the alleged negligence of defendant in causing illuminating gas to enter the room of plaintiff while she was asleep. The case was tried before Otis, J., who granted motion to dismiss the action, upon the close of plaintiff’s testimony. From an order denying a motion for a new trial, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, J
Appellant was a boarder in a private boarding house conducted by Mrs. Lapham in the city of St. Paul. On a certain day in January, 1902, the gas pressure being insufficient because of frost in the pipes, the gas company was notified of the condition, and about eight o’clock in the evening one of its employees came to remedy the defect. Mrs. Lapham talked with the man, and showed him the way to the cellar or basement, where he turned off the gas, thawed out the pipe in the usual manner, and then turned the gas on again. While the employee was in the basement, Mrs. Lap-ham went…
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