Phelps v. Chicago & West Michigan Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Grand Traverse; Corbett, J. Case by George W. Phelps against the Chicago & West Michigan Railway Company for personal injuries. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
Plaintiff was a brakeman in the employ of the defendant .company. For two years prior to the accident complained of, he had been employed by the defendant as a yard-master in its yards at Traverse City; but on Friday preceding April 27, 1896, he had been transferred ' from that work to brake on a freight train running from Traverse City to Petoskey and Bay View. At Petoskey the defendant’s road is' located near to, and conforms to, the bay. On the northerly side of the track, and about 40 ' feet from it, was located'a fish-house, for the storage and *172packing of fish. Leading from the platform…
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- Goodes v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
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