La Barre v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Cass; Carr, J. Case by Frank La Barre against the Grand Trunk Western Railway Company for personal injuries. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, C. J.
The defendant has brought error on a judgment for $4,000, recovered by the plaintiff for personal injuries received while loading rails upon a moving train. The negligence relied upon is:.1- That he was inexperienced in such work, and was given no instructions how; to do it, nor any warnings against the danger of a rail falling off after it was thrown upon the moving car.
2. That the work was done in such haste as to make it unnecessarily dangerous.
The defendant contends that the court should have said to the jury:
1. That the method of loading the rails was not negligent.
2. That the plaintiff…
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