Morch v. Toledo, Saginaw & Muskegon Railway Co.

The plaintiff sued defendant to recover for seyere personal injuries received by him while he was in the employ of defendant, and recovered a judgment, from which defendant appeals. The avocation of plaintiff was that of a section hand on defendant’s road. At the time he received his injuries he was standing upon the steps *155or platform of the front end of the caboose, which was attached to a train consisting largely of flat cars loaded with ties. The train was in motion. The men would throw one end of the tie off the train,.and the motion of the train would carry the other end of the tie…