Congdon v. Detroit, Jackson & Chicago Railway Co.

The plaintiff was injured in a head-on collision between two cars of the defendant company, in the county of Washtenaw, in this State. The dispatching of the cars was done by telephone. The dispatcher, who had control of the section of the road where the accident occurred, had his office in Ypsilanti. The trains which collided were No. 108, with conductor Balcom and motorman Clark, going west from Ypsilanti, and No. 109, conductor Clark and motorman Hudnut, going east from Jackson. The orders are given to the motorman and conductor of each train by the dispatcher, who writes the order at the…