Brown v. Ann Arbor Railroad

This action was brought to recover damages *206for injuries sustained by plaintiff, occasioned, it is claimed, by the negligence of the defendant. The case was tried before a jury, and at the close of the testimony the court directed the verdict in favor of defendant. In this we think the court was in error. It appears that the plaintiff was employed by one Thomas Cosgrove, the chief engineer of the defendant, in charge of its car ferryboat the “Ann Arbor No. 2,” in September, 1896. Plaintiff was paid at first the sum of $20 per month. His work at that time was passing coal. In January following…