William R. Roach & Co. v. Blair
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Oceana; Sullivan, J. Case by William R. Roach & Company against Frank W. Blair and others, receivers of the Pere Marquette Railroad Company, for the negligent operation of one of its locomotives and the setting of -a fire. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
Plaintiff was the owner of a large four-story building at Hart, which it used as a warehouse, for the storage of machinery, grains, and seeds. A side track on the north side of the warehouse connected it with defendant’s line. Plaintiff requested defendant to place a car on the siding for the purpose of loading. On August 14, 1912, in complying with the request, the defendant’s switch engine ran the car onto the siding and passed the warehouse door on to a slag pile, which was used as a bumper at the end of the siding. Its inability to stop the car at the warehouse door was said to be due to…
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