Shackelton v. Manistee & Northeastern Railroad
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Manistee; MoMakon, J. Case by Carrie V. Shackelton, administratrix of the estate of John W. Shackelton, deceased, against the Manistee & Northeastern Railroad Company to recover damages for the alleged negligent killing of plaintiffs intestate. From a judgment for defendant upon verdict directed by the court, plaintiff brings errtor.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
Plaintiff, as administratrix, sues to recover damages for the death of her husband, alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence.
The deceased was a conductor on a freight train of the defendant company, and the injuries resulting in his death were caused by his being thrown off the rear end of the way car to the track, and the train passing over him. The oar from which he was thrown had hand rails provided on either side of the steps, the rear hand rail extending to the brake, so that a sudden lurch of the car would not result in throwing one attempting to alight from the car. On…
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