LAKEHEAD CONSTRUCTORS v. ROGER SHEEHY CO.

No. 45058.

229 N.W.2d 514 (1975)

LAKEHEAD CONSTRUCTORS, INC., Appellant, v. ROGER SHEEHY COMPANY, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, Respondent, v. PREMIER ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Third-Party Defendant, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

May 16, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harper, Eaton, Gustafson & Wilson and Earl B. Gustafson, Duluth, for appellant.

Bloedel, Nelson, Slade, Volstad & Hawkinson, and Philip John Bloedel, Minneapolis, for Sheehy Co.

Heard before TODD, SCOTT and KNUTSON, JJ., and considered and decided by the court en banc.


TODD, Justice.

Plaintiff, Lakehead Constructors, Inc., appeals from judgment entered pursuant to a directed verdict denying its claim for damages to an air compressor, which for purposes of this appeal is deemed to have been bailed to defendant, Roger Sheehy Company. Plaintiff claims the issue of the bailee's negligence should have been determined by a jury and not determined by the court. We affirm.

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