Jones v. Pere Marquette Railroad

The plaintiff, formerly a railroad engineer on the defendant’s railroad, was injured in a collision between his engine and a passenger train known as No. 8, running between Grand Rapids and Chicago. The collision occurred in defendant’s yard near Grand Rapids, known as “Wyoming yard.” Defendant’s track was a double main track, running southerly from Godfrey avenue or thereabouts at Grand Rapids through Wyoming yard to a point where the Lake Shore road crosses defend*3ant’s road. Beyond that it was a single track. A double-track main also existed on the Detroit branch, extending from Oakland to…