Gillespie v. Grand Trunk Railway Co.

The testimony tended to prove that, in the operation of defendant’s road, cars loaded with sand and gravel were moved, and that in the yard used for switching and for making up trains some of the material had fallen upon and across the track, forming piles or ridges from 16 to 20 inches wide at the base, narrower at the top, and high enough to stand two inches above the rails, extending between the rails and from 15 to 20 inches outside the rails. The obstructions were upon the main line track and had existed for a period of from two to four days. The yard was, otherwise, in proper condi*305tioñ,…