Lindstrom v. Mutual Steamship Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover $5,000 for personal injury received while employed as a laborer by the Berwind Fuel Company in unloading a cargo from the hold of a steamship owned by defendant, and $290 for the cost of hospital care and the loss of wages. From an order, Dancer, J., sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.
The complaint alleges the following facts:
Defendant is a Minnesota corporation operating the steamship William Livingstone on the Great Lakes, between Duluth, its home port, and ports outside of Minnesota. The Berwind Fuel Company is an employer owning a dock at Duluth. On June 9, 1914, plaintiff was in the employ of the fuel company engaged in unloading a cargo of coal from said vessel on to the fuel company’s dock. While working in the hold of the vessel he was injured through the negligence of defendant. He brings this common-law action to recover damages'. Defendant demurred and the…
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