State ex rel. City of Breckenridge v. District Court
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Upon the relation of the city of Breekenridge the supreme court granted its writ of certiormi to review the action of the district court for Wilkin county, Flaherty, J., in setting aside a judgment upon the pleadings entered in that court in an action by Mamie Bovie, as administratrix of the estate of Delbert John Bovie, deceased, against relator, under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, and granting plaintiff relief therein.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
Delbert J. Bovie was in the employ of the city of Breekenridge and *152while engaged in the discharge of his duties on the twenty-first day of May, 1914, received certain accidental injuries which caused his death. His widow was subsequently appointed administratrix of his estate and in January, 1915, she brought a common law action against the city to recover for his death, alleging in her complaint that the same was caused by the negligence of the city. The city interposed a general demurrer to the complaint which was sustained by the trial court upon the ground, expressly stated in a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Mahowald v. Thompson-Starrett Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
- Swanson v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
- Asquith v. EngstromSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
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- Kreidler v. Mahnomen Electric Light & Power Service Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1922