Peterson v. Merchants Elevator Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Hennepin county by tbe administrator of tbe estate of Magnus Johnson, deceased, to recover $5,000 damages for the death of his intestate caused by defendant’s alleged negligence while employed in its grain elevator.
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Action in tbe district court for Hennepin county by tbe administrator of tbe estate of Magnus Johnson, deceased, to recover $5,000 damages for the death of his intestate caused by defendant’s alleged negligence while employed in its grain elevator. The answer alleged Johnson’s death was the result of his own carelessness and negligence ; that he was an experienced man in and about elevators of the' kind in which he was employed at the time of his death, that he had been employed in similar work with similar hazards for a period of upwards of twenty years, and that he well knew and appreciated…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Defendant was engaged in operating a grain elevator in the city of Minneapolis. Plaintiff’s intestate was in its employ as a laborer, and was killed while in the discharge of his duties hy coming in contact 'with an uncovered dangerous machine, and this action was prosecuted by his personal representative in behalf of the next of kin. A verdict was returned for plaintiff, and defendant appealed from an order denying its alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial.
The short facts are that on the second floor of defendant’s elevator, in which decedent was at the…
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- Rase v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- Perine v. Grand Lodge of Ancient Order United WorkmenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Christianson v. Northwestern Compo-Board Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1901
- Bolinger v. St. Paul & Duluth Railroad Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
- Davidson v. Flour City Ornamental Iron WorksSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
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