Sweet v. Michigan Central Railroad

This is an action for damages based on the negligent killing of plaintiff’s intestate. The plaintiff had verdict and judgment for $5,000. The facts are substantially as follows:

A part of defendant’s station yards or grounds at Detroit is called the “Bay City Yard,” in which is a side track called the “Bentley Siding.” On this track stands a long, low, irregular. building, called “ Bentley’s Oil Works,” or “Sheds.” This side track is constructed and used for the Bentley oil works, and nothing else. It is 47 feet from the switch to the south end of the building. The length of a car is 34 feet.…