Carroll v. Williston
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendants from an order of the district court for St. Louis county, Stearns, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after a verdict of $4,500 for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
The plaintiff’s employment was that of a common laborer in defendants’ saw-mill. One part of his business .was to remove or clear away blocks, rubbish, and sawdust from under a circular saw. The complaint is that the saw was not properly “housed” or protected, and that the shovel furnished him to work with was unfit to use for such purpose on account of a broken or defective handle, and that, in attempting to use it in removing the rubbish, his hand was caught by the saw, and injured. There were exceptions’to certain portions of the charge, which are properly here for consideration under the…
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