Mann v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.

The plaintiff was in the employ of defendant for many years. For some years prior to 1893 his duties consisted, in part, in running a steam pump at Hudson. This steam pump was located in a large well, about 30 feet below the surface, and steam was transmitted to the cylinder of the steam pump through a small iron tube. The pump was set in motion a number of times a day. To start the pump, it was necessary to go down a flight of stairs, to the platform on which the pump rested. In the last of February, 1893, a change had been made in the pump. At this time the platform was so arranged that the…