Matson v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Thomas Gallagher, Justice.

Action for injuries to plaintiff’s left thumb alleged to have been sustained as a result of defendant’s negligence. The jury returned a verdict in plaintiff’s favor for $1,875. Defendant appeals from the judgment subsequently entered.

The facts are as follows: Plaintiff, an employee of Botsford Lumber Company, came to defendant’s freight house in Northfield about 3:45 p. m. December 9,1952, to deliver three bundles of wooden stanchions for shipment. Defendant’s cashier, Leo Widmer, weighed the stanchions upon their delivery. Shortly thereafter, James Hill and Eay…