Sax v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Co.

The plaintiff’s hand was injured while acting in the capacity of brakeman upon a freight train upon the-defendant’s railroad, and he was idle for about four months. He then resumed work as a passenger brakeman upon another branch of defendant’s road, and worked about four months, when he was dismissed, according to plaintiff’s claim, and laid off because the service of a brakeman was dispensed with upon his trains, according to the defendant’s contention. He brought this action to recover damages for the breach of a contract which he says was made between the defendant and himself after his…