Ulseth v. Crookston Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Polk county by plaintiff, a minor, by his guardian ad litem, to recover $2,000 for personal injuries. The case was tried before Watts, J., and a jury, which rendered a verdict in -favor of plaintiff for the sum demanded. From an order denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.
This is an appeal from an order denying the defendant’s alternative motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial. The plaintiff, Ulseth, a boy about fifteen years old, was in the employ of the Crookston Brick & Tile Company. On November 16, 190-i, he was'sent to the defendant’s lumber yard to get two sticks of timber. With an employee of the defendant named Munson he drove alongside the pile of lumber from which the timbers were to be taken. The forward end of the wagon was near the lumber pile, and the rear end a few feet farther away. Munson got onto the lumber pile,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Olson v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1897
3Cited by3 opinions
- Lehman v. Dwyer Plumbing & Heating Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1908
- McGillivray v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
- Heidemann v. City of Sleepy EyeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1935