Larson v. Great Northern Railway Co.

Defendant appeals from the order denying its motion in the alternative for judgment non obstante or a new trial.

Plaintiff’s intestate, a locomotive fireman, while in defendant’s employ, was killed under these circumstances: The engineer and fireman were called upon to operate an interstate freight train out of Superior, Wisconsin, a little after midnight of August 18, 1923. Neither man ordinarily worked upon this train, and they had never before worked together. After starting the train and before it got out of the yard limits, the engineer noticed that the locomotive headlight was not…