Murphy v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.

In the spring of 1910 the defendant company was engaged in a large excavation job at Sault Ste. Marie in this State, known as the canal-widening *218job. The excavating work was done by steam shovels, and the dirt was removed by means of small cars operated by engines on tracks built for that purpose. When the work of this construction was first started, ,a single track was used; but during the fall and winter prior to the accident which resulted in the present litigation another track was installed, known as track No. 2.

The plaintiff was engaged as a brakeman, and on the night on which it is…