Shadford v. Ann Arbor Street Railway Co.

On September 29, 1894, plaintiff, then about 23 years of age, was employed by the defendant company in the capacity of a lineman, and was engaged with one Wilson in constructing a curve in the trolley wire of defendant’s street-railway equipment at the junction of Wells street and Forest avenue, in the city of Ann Arbor. In the performance of his work, plaintiff stood on a platform of the dimensions of 8 by 4 feet, erected upon a common lumber wagon. This platform was about 14 feet above the ground, the workmen being protected by a railing, 2 feet high, erected on three sides of the platform.…