Grunst v. Chicago & West Michigan Railway Co.

Plaintiff was a railroad man of several years’ experience, and for eight months prior to February 26, 1891, was employed by the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Company as yardmaster at Grand Haven. His duties compelled him to attend to the switching of freight cars, to bring them to the freight house, to load boats, to receive freight cars from the defendant company to his own, and to deliver cars from his own company to the defendant company. For the performance of these duties he had in his charge and under his direction a switching engine and crew. Evidence on *343the part of the…