Ross v. Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway Co.

1 Reported in 281 N.W. 76, 271. This is an appeal from a judgment against the railway company entered after its blended motion for judgment or a new trial had been denied.

The plaintiff was injured June 30, 1936, while working in defendant's switching service at a place in the city of Duluth known as "Old Dock 4." The crew consisted of an engineer, fireman, conductor or foreman, and three switchmen. During the forenoon of that day they were engaged in switching empty ore cars in a gravity yard. At the time plaintiff was injured they were separating certain bad-order cars from those that were…