Carr v. Grand Trunk Railway Co. of Canada

Plaintiff brings this action to recover damages for the loss of his left hand, which was severed in consequence of an accident at Flushing, on the Cincinnati, Saginaw & Mackinaw Railway, between 6 and 8 o’clock on the evening of December 20, 1902. Plaintiff was a brakeman in the employ of the defendant, and at the time of the accident was in the performance of his duty, riding on the side of a car, when he came in contact with a cattle 'chute located 3 feet 11 inches from the nearest rail of the side track upon which he was riding. This cattle chute was 16.65 feet from the west rail of the…