Scharenbroich v. St. Cloud Fiber-Ware Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant, St. Cloud Fiber-Ware Company, a corporation, from an order of the District Court of Stearns County, L. L. Baxter, J., made March 7, 1894, denying its motion for a new trial, if plaintiff consent to reduce his verdict from $5,640 to $3,140. On June 13, 1893, plaintiff Henry Scharenbroich was a servant of defendant at work as a common laborer in its pulp and paper mill at St. Cloud. The mill was operated by water power.
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Appeal by defendant, St. Cloud Fiber-Ware Company, a corporation, from an order of the District Court of Stearns County, L. L. Baxter, J., made March 7, 1894, denying its motion for a new trial, if plaintiff consent to reduce his verdict from $5,640 to $3,140. On June 13, 1893, plaintiff Henry Scharenbroich was a servant of defendant at work as a common laborer in its pulp and paper mill at St. Cloud. The mill was operated by water power. He was twenty two years old and had worked in the mill basement two seasons preparing wood for pulp. It was his business also to turn on •and shut off the…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
This action was brought to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by defendant’s negligently leaving-unguarded and uncovered a pinion in its pulp mill, in which plaintiff was employed.
The power to operate the machinery was furnished by a water wheel under a small annex to the mill. This wheel was connected with the machinery by a horizontal shaft running under the floor of the annex. Upon the end of the shaft was a' pinion connecting with a cog wheel immediately under the floor. This pinion was placed in a hole cut in the floor, so that it was partly above and partly below…
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