Whalen v. Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Washtenaw; Kinne, J. Case by William Whalen against the Michigan Central Railroad Company for personal injuries. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error. Plaintiff, a locomotive engineer in the employ of the defendant, left Detroit for Chicago on the morning of October 13, 1893, in charge of a special passenger train of 11 coaches. Thirty minutes in advance of this was another special train, of about the same number.
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Error to Washtenaw; Kinne, J. Case by William Whalen against the Michigan Central Railroad Company for personal injuries. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error. Plaintiff, a locomotive engineer in the employ of the defendant, left Detroit for Chicago on the morning of October 13, 1893, in charge of a special passenger train of 11 coaches. Thirty minutes in advance of this was another special train, of about the same number. The first train had stopped at the Jackson depot 20 minutes for breakfast. The second train crashed into the rear of the other, killing and injuring many…
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
(after stating the facts). 1. There is nothing in the record to indicate that the trainmen were not properly instructed in the use of the automatic conductor’s cord when the engineer whistled for brakes. The law does not require that all the minute instructions in regard to the running of trains shall be printed for the use of its employés. If the trainmen whose duty it was to pull this cord in case of emergency were properly instructed orally as to its use, this was sufficient. Every employe who was examined upon this point testified that he was instructed in its use. If, therefore, the…
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