Musgrove v. Manistique & Lake Superior Railway

This is an action by plaintiff to recover damages on the ground that her decedent’s death was caused by negligence chargeable to defendant. Decedent, Thomas L. Musgrove, was a brakeman working in connection with other members of a switching crew employed by defendant company in its railroad yards in the city of Manistique. The crew consisted of a conductor, two brakemen, the engineer, and fireman. While they were working on the night of April 3, 1930, the engine, moving forward and in a southerly direction, was coupled onto three tank cars standing on a siding which extended from the main…