Prince v. Saginaw Logging Co.

The plaintiff, a woodsman employed by the Saginaw Logging Company, brought this action against his employer to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by reason of its negligence.

The defendant owned and maintained, for the convenience of its employees, a group of bunkhouses, consisting of ordinary box cars fitted with double bunks. The box cars were placed endwise in three parallel rows, extending east and west, with two walkways, on a level with the car floors between the rows, for the passage of employees to and from their sleeping quarters. By this arrangement, the…