Brown v. Gilchrist

The defendants, at the time of the injury complained of, were carrying on the coal and freight business at Alpena, in this State, keeping a dock and warehouse, and receiving freight from boats engaged in domestic commerce. Their freight-house, office, and coal-dock were all on the same dock, near together, and the bins into which the coal was put-were about 18 feet from the edge of the dock, and about 8 feet high. The manner in which the coal was unloaded from the vessel was that horses, a quantity of which were kept constantly on hand, were placed along the dock, and .running boards laid on…