Gilbert v. Ann Arbor Railroad

This action is brought to recover damages on account of the death of Arthur Gilbert, plaintiff’s decedent, caused, it is alleged, by the negligence of the defendant. It appears that Gilbert was a switchman, 31 years of age. He had been employed by the defendant for about three years prior to his death. He worked in defendant’s yard at South Frankfort, where defendant’s line connects with car ferries, owned and operated by it, across Lake Michigan. Upon the main track, about a car length from the switch to the car ferry slip, is a scale for weighing cars. The north side of the main track rests…