Schindler v. Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railway Co.

Plaintiff, who is a little boy, was in the back part of a long sleigh, loaded with beer, owned and driven by. one John Schupp, a teamster and agent for a beer house; and the sleigh was struck by the rear end or steps of a caboose, while crossing defendant’s track, at Wakefield station, in Gogebic county; The accident took plaqe on the depot grounds, January 29,. 1887. Plaintiff was thrown out, and fell on -the track. The hind wheels of the caboose did not touch him,- but the fore wheel on one side caught and bruised one of his-legs, without running over it. The injury required amputation.

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