Manning v. Chicago & West Michigan Railway Co.

The declaration in this case alleges as grounds of negligence that the defendant did “wrongfully and negligently permit a certain tree to stand and remain by the side of and in close proximity to the said railroad, so that persons in the employ of said defendant, who were required to render labor and service of and pertaining to their employment in managing and making use of certain appliances, to wit, brakes, on certain of said cars, could not do and perform such labor and service without being exposed and subjected to danger of personal injury and of being killed by colliding with said…