REIERSON v. CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS

No. 38,531.

264 Minn. 153 (1962)

118 N.W. (2d) 223

GILBERT REIERSON v. CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

November 9, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith M. Stidd, City Attorney, and G.V. Johnson, Assistant City Attorney, for appellant.

Gilbert E. Carlson, Richard J. Haertzen, and Howard, Peterson, LeFevere, Lefler & Haertzen, for respondent.


MURPHY, JUSTICE.

This is an action by a former inmate of the Minneapolis Workhouse against the city of Minneapolis to recover damages sustained as a result of an accident which occurred while he was working in a sawmill operation conducted by the municipality at its workhouse. The city moved for summary judgment, asserting that it is immune from liability because the workhouse is operated by it in its governmental capacity...

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