Hill v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.

Plaintiff was employed by defendant as a brakeman on an interstate passenger train operated between Dulutb and Brooten via Superior, Wisconsin. At Superior, January 30, 1923, the train was going to back away from tbe depot and it was plaintiff’s duty to *485be at tbe rear end of tbe train and watch street crossings which the train had to pass over. Plaintiff walked to the first street crossing and gave a backup signal and the train started. As it came to him he undertook to get on, using the steps of the rear end of the rear coach, and fell and was run over. As a result thereof, he lost his left…