Bartels v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Waseca county to recover $1,900 for personal injuries. The substance of the pleadings is given in the opinion. The case was tried before Buckham, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $50. Defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict was granted. From a judgment entered pursuant to the order for judgment, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
On March 25, 1910, and for some three months prior thereto, the plaintiff was employed in the roundhouse of the defendant at Waseca, Minnesota. It was one of his duties to start fires in engines which were about to be taken out of the roundhouse for road use. It was necessary for him, in the discharge of this duty, to shovel coal from the coalbin of the tender into the firebox of the engine. On the morning of the day he was injured, between four and five o’clock, while he was firing engine No. 547 and shoveling coal into the engine, a large piece of coal fell from the top of the pile in the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Tay v. Willmar & Sioux Falls Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1907
- Netzer v. City of CrookstonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Janssen v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
- Christiansen v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1909
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