Dolson v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Jackson; Peck, J. Case by Daniel Dolson, administrator of the estate of Daniel Dolson, Jr., deceased, against the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company, to recover damages for negligent injuries to decedent, resulting in his death. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, C. J.
This action is brought by Daniel Dolson, Sr., as administrator of the estate of his deceased son, Daniel Dolson, Jr., whose death occurred on the 8d day of October, A. D. 1898, under the following circumstances: Deceased and his half brother, James Davis, were engaged in unloading crushed stone from gondola cars standing on defendant’s team track in the yards in the citj’- of Jackson. The stone was owned by one Robert Lake, a business man of Jackson, and was being unloaded into wagons for him by Davis and deceased. There were three cars of this stone standing upon the track at the north end…
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