Wilson v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.

Plaintiff brings this action to recover damages for the death of William Earl Bryant, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant, on October 20, 1904. The negligence charged against defendant in the declaration is:

*510“That it built, maintained, and permitted to remain a cattle chute so near to one of its tracks in Addison, Mich, (the same not being a depot'or freighthouse in its yards at said place), that while plaintiff’s intestate was in the performance of his duties, as aforesaid, and without any fault or negligence on his part, while working on the ground on the side of…