Fox v. Spring Lake Iron Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Muskegon. (Diekerman, J.) Negligence case. Defendant brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChamplin, C. J.
The defendant was operating a blast-furnace at Bangor, Mich., in March, 1888, and employed plaintiff as top filler, whose duty it was to put coal and ore into the top of the furnace, and keep it full. There was a platform at the top of the furnace, to which the coal and ore were brought by means of a car running up an inclined plane from the stock-house, and operated by an engine in the engine-house connected with the car by a wire rope which wound around an iron drum. There was a brake attached to the drum for the purpose of stopping and holding the car at any point on the track. The whole…
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