Theisen v. Porter
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff, Matthias Theisen, as administrator of the estate of John Lohr, deceased, from an order of the District Court of Hennepin County, Seagrave Smith, J., made September 19, 1893, denying his motion for a new trial. The defendants, William F. Porter and George C. Andrews, were partners in the business of steam fitters and contractors.
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Appeal by plaintiff, Matthias Theisen, as administrator of the estate of John Lohr, deceased, from an order of the District Court of Hennepin County, Seagrave Smith, J., made September 19, 1893, denying his motion for a new trial. The defendants, William F. Porter and George C. Andrews, were partners in the business of steam fitters and contractors. They were employed by the Minneapolis Brewing and Malting Company, in the spring of 1892, to construct and place in position a system of steam pipes in its Marshall Street breweries connecting the boilers in the detached boiler house with the…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
This was an action to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s intestate, John Lohr, alleged to have been the result of defendants’ negligence. The trial court dismissed the action when plaintiff rested, and afterwards refused a new trial. The facts appearing were that defendants had been employed by the Minneapolis Brewing Company, for whom Lohr was then working, to put in a system of steam piping and connections at one of its plants. This piping was to run from the boilers in a boiler room, through a tunnel, to the basement of the main building, some sixty feet thence across one end and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Morier v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
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