Legal Opinion
Brouseau v. Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided October 4, 1909No. Docket No. 73PublishedCited by 9 opinions
Error to Delta; Stone, J. Case by Walter Brouseau against the Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Company for personal injuries. A judgment for defendant on a verdict directed by the court is reviewed by plaintiff on writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtBlair, C. J.
Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for injuries received by him while assisting in *314the loading of poles upon a car in defendant’s assembling yard. The poles were loaded onto the cars by means of a derrick.
“ There is a boom hanging over the center of the car and a cable running along it. At the end of the boom is fastened a pulley, in which the cable passed, hanging down from the side of the car, and the end is fastened to a pair of tongs; the other end of the cable being fastened to the whiffletree of the horses. It was my duty to take the tongs and hook them to the poles, and I…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Swick v. Ætna Portland Cement Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1907
- Bradburn v. Wabash RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1903
- Roux v. Blodgett & Davis Lumber Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1891
- Sipes v. Michigan Starch Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1904
- Lyttle v. Chicago & West Michigan Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1890
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Bevin v. Oregon-Washington R. & Nav. Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1930
- Sivley v. Nixon Mining Drill Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1913
- Quanah, A. & P. Ry. Co. v. GrayCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1933
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