Groff v. Duluth Imperial Mill Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff, William Groff, from an order of the District •Court of St. Louis County, Charles L. Lewis, J., made July 26,1893, denying his motion for a new trial. On March 9,1891, the plaintiff was in the service of the defendant, the Duluth Imperial Mill Company, as oiler of its machinery and had been for four months.
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Appeal by plaintiff, William Groff, from an order of the District •Court of St. Louis County, Charles L. Lewis, J., made July 26,1893, denying his motion for a new trial. On March 9,1891, the plaintiff was in the service of the defendant, the Duluth Imperial Mill Company, as oiler of its machinery and had been for four months. While in the performance of this duty on that day his clothing was caught by the head of a set screw on the hub of a swiftly revolving pinion and his left arm broken and dislocated and he otherwise injured. He brought this suit to recover damages. After his evidence was…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
Plaintiff was injured while employed by defendant corporation in its flouring mill, and brought this action for damages, claiming it to have been negligent in its use of a set screw. In the basement of the mill, near to the ceiling, was hung a line of shafting, about 2 inches in diameter, on which was a pinion 8-]- inches in diameter, fastened to the shafting by a set screw, which screw, we have to assume, was longer than was necessary, and for that reason its head improperly projected above the surface of the hub of the pinion. Looking north towards the shafting and the pinion, the cogs of…
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