Bernard v. Pittsburg Coal Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Chippewa; Steere, J. Case by Frank Bernard, Jr., an infant, by his next friend, against the Pittsburg Coal Company for personal injuries. There was judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
Plaintiff was a fireman on a steam, movable derrick at De Tour, Mich., in defendant’s employ. The derrick moved on a high trestle 20 feet above the dock, and elevated coal to a still higher trestle, from which it was loaded into vessels for fuel. On the 23d day of June, 1900, plaintiff sustained the injuries which occasioned this suit.
According to plaintiff’s testimony, he was injured while assisting the engineer, his superior, in putting in its place on a revolving drum on the derrick the hoisting chain, which had been detached for the purpose of oiling in a barrel of oil which stood on the…
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