Benage v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the .several opinions.
1Dissent
McGrath, . C. J.
(dissenting). Plaintiff’s intestate was a brakeman upon one of defendant’s way freight trains, running between Grand Rapids and White Pigeon. The *80Bardeen Paper Company has two mills at Otsego, one lying between the main track and the river, and the other located on the other side of the river. A spur ran from defendant’s main track to mill No. 1, and across the river, upon a trestle, to mill No. 2, the track being half circular in form. The train stopped at Otsego, left some cars at mill No. 1, and the engine, with tender attached, started in a westerly direction to back over…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Sweet v. Michigan Central RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1891
- Noble v. St. Joseph & Benton Harbor Street Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1893
- Preston v. Chicago & West Michigan Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1893