Stornelli v. Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Chippewa; O’Brien, J., presiding. Case by Antonio Stornelli against the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway Company for personal injuries. Judgment for defendant, non obstante veredicto. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
Action on the case to recover damages for personal injury of plaintiff. The plaintiff, a hostler’s helper in defendant’s roundhouse at Sault Ste. Marie, on September 30, 1914, at about 2 p. m., left his usual place of work at the roundhouse, climbed on the rear end of the tender of an engine hauling an excursion train to the Chippewa county fair as it passed the roundhouse, rode between the tender and the mail car out to the fair, where the train remained a few minutes, then got into the cab with the engineer and fireman, and on the return trip, while the train was slowing down, opposite the…
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