Buck v. Western Concrete Bridge Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Ingham; Wiest, J. Case by John Buck against the Western Concrete Bridge Company for personal injuries. Judgment for defendant on a verdict directed by the court. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
McÁliVAY, J.
Plaintiff brought this suit against defendant, an Illinois corporation, for the purpose of recovering damages for personal injuries received by him, charged to have been caused by the negligence of defendant, in whose employ plaintiff was engaged as a common laborer at the time of his injury. There is very little dispute upon the facts in the case, but, *647as a verdict was directed against plaintiff, we will state as established the case presented by him, which tended to prove the following facts:
Defendant, under contract with the city of Lansing, was at the time of plaintiff’s…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Schroeder v. Flint & Pere Marquette RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1894
- Shumway v. Walworth & Neville Manufacturing Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1894
- Slater v. ChapmanMichigan Supreme Court · 1887