Lindstrom v. Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway Co.

July 5, 1930, at about 2 a. m., the plaintiff, a young man about 22 years of age, was fishing on defendant’s railroad bridge when he was struck and severely injured by defendant’s train and thrown into the water below.

The bridge on which plaintiff was injured spans the west branch of the Ontonagon river about one mile east of Bergland, Michigan. About 700 or 800 feet northeast of the bridge is a dam, the water running over which makes much noise. Defendant’s regular eastbound passenger train No. 8, running from Duluth to Marquette, left Bergland at 2 a. m., July 5, 1930, on time and got to…