Schaible v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.

Plaintiff was employed by the defendant company as a section hand. On the day of the injury for which this action was brought he was working in defendant’s yard at Manchester, scuffing on a side track. "While at work in the yard, certain cars had been backed onto this track by the use of an engine. After this had been done, the plaintiff claims he supposed the train was about to pull opt for Jackson, as he heard the bell of the engine ringing, and the engine was moving in that direction. He continued his work, when, unobserved by him, a car which had been shunted or kicked by the engine onto…