Thrall v. Pere Marquette Railway Co.

This case has been here twice, reported in 249 Mich. 440 and 254 Mich. 197, and facts are there stated. Plaintiff’s decedent was a section foreman. He directed his section men, one of them Baker, to load a large drill on the section motor car, which they did. The car, at decedent’s direction, was run backward, the drill projecting somewhat over the then forward end of the car. There is evidence of general orders by the foreman to his men to watch tools and of particular order to Baker to watch the drill while the car was being so moved, and that it was the duty of the men to obey the orders.…