Patterson v. Melchior
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for McLeod county by,William Patterson, by the guardian of his person and estate, to recover $5,543 for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while in the employ of the defendants. The case was tried before Morrison, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $2,500. From an order denying defendants’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial, they appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJaggard, J.
Plaintiff and respondent, a young man of nineteen years, was engaged by defendants and appellants as a teamster in pulling sideways the plow of a ditching machine, attached to and moved forward by means of a cable running from two capstans, through a pulley in front of the plow. He was driving the team so as to pull at right angles to the cable. Thereby the plow would be turned in the desired direction. There were two chains at the capstan for general use around the machine — one five feet long, which plaintiff used; the other, much larger, twenty feet in length. Plaintiff himself hooked the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Foley v. California Horseshoe Co.California Supreme Court · 1896
- Rima v. Rossie Iron WorksNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Spicer v. South Boston Iron Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
- Webster v. PageSupreme Court of Iowa · 1880
- McGuire v. Waterloo & Cedar Falls Union Mill Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1907
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Muenkel v. MuenkelSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1919
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