Fowles v. Briggs
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Saginaw; Snow, J. Case by John S. Fowles, administrator of the estate of Alexander T. Fowles, deceased, against .Daniel W. Briggs and James Cooper, for the alleged negligent killing of plaintiff’s intestate. From a judgment for defendants on verdict directed by the court, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
Alexander T. Fowles, plaintiff’s intestate, on the 4th day of February, 1896, was an employéof the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad Company. His employment was that of rear brakeman on a freight train. The defendants, lumber dealers, loaded a flat car with lumber, in their yard in the city of Saginaw, and shipped it over the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad Company, to Toledo, Ohio. The lumber was maple, 11,000 feet, weighing about 33,000 pounds, and piled flat upon the car in two tiers parallel with the sides of the car. It was put upon this flat car by the defendants three days before the day…
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