Gillette v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Calhoun; North, J. Case by Arthur H. Gillette against the Grand 'J'runk Western Railway Company for personal injuries. Judgment for defendant on a verdict directed by the court. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
Arthur Gillette was employed as a fireman for defendant on one of its freight locomotives, running between Battle Creek and Milwaukee Junction. On the morning of the 8th day of June 1914, he was going east on his run, and when near Hazlett Park, he was ordered by the engineer to go to the front of the locomotive and shut the door of the headlight. The train was then running about 10 miles an hour. Plaintiff obeyed the order. He opened the window in front of his seat on the left-hand side of the locomotive, *115passed through it, and proceeded along the running board to a point nearly over the…
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