Garlinghouse v. Michigan Central Railroad

Upon a former trial of this case plaintiff recovered a judgment against the defendant of $10,000. This judgment was reviewed in this court. 174 Mich. 73 (140 N. W. 646). Reference is had to that opinion for a sufficient statement of the facts involved. Upon the present trial plaintiff’s counsel made an opening statement to the jury in the case, in the course of which he offered to prove:

*312“That the defendant at that time and for many years prior thereto had nominally in force a rule for the protection of car repairers called the ‘blue signal rule,’ by which car repairers and other employees of…