Anderson v. Michigan Central Railroad

Plaintiff’s intestate, William Anderson, was a brakeman in the employ of the defendant company on what is called the “Vanderbilt Branch.” On the 16th of September, 1892, the train upon which the decedent was employed consisted of about 10 cars *593and a caboose. There were two Blue Line cars, so called, —one ahead of the engine, and the other (the last car but one) being nest the caboose or way car. When the train reached a point at the top of a grade, and was just beginning to increase its speed, the Blue Line car that was nest the caboose ran off the track. The wheels ran along the ties for…