Seely v. Tennant
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Wabasha county by the administratrix of the estate of Harry A. Seely, deceased, to recover $5,000 for his death. The case was tried before Snow, J., and a jury which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $1,500. From an order granting defendants’ motion, for a'new trial and denying their-motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, they appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
Harry A. Seely, deceased, was employed by appellants as a helper and general utility man in their flourmill.. The complaint alleges that in pursuance of his duties he was. required to go upon a certain platform, or staging, elevated about seven feet above the floor in the mill, in order to throw a belt upon a certain pulley located on a shaft running above and in the vicinity of the platform, in order to set the machinery of the mill in operation for the purpose of mixing the grain in the bins; that while so engaged in the performance of his duty he was caught on the shaft, and violently…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Anderson v. C. N. Nelson Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
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