Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan, Volume 128Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper Phelphs & Stevens, printers, 1902 |
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... track at from four to five miles an hour . It was dark , and he ran along on the track between the cars while doing the un- coupling . As he started to go from between the cars he stepped into a hole in the roadbed , and was injured ...
... track at from four to five miles an hour . It was dark , and he ran along on the track between the cars while doing the un- coupling . As he started to go from between the cars he stepped into a hole in the roadbed , and was injured ...
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... track of the railroad extends north and south . On the east side of the main track is a side track running parallel with it . On the main track are two switches , from 25 to 28 feet apart . One leads to the north , connecting with the side ...
... track of the railroad extends north and south . On the east side of the main track is a side track running parallel with it . On the main track are two switches , from 25 to 28 feet apart . One leads to the north , connecting with the side ...
Page 63
... track , and was injured so that he lost one foot , and one hand was badly hurt . It appears , further , from his testimony , that he did not see the hole into which he stepped , and that he is unable to locate it definitely , except ...
... track , and was injured so that he lost one foot , and one hand was badly hurt . It appears , further , from his testimony , that he did not see the hole into which he stepped , and that he is unable to locate it definitely , except ...
Page 64
... track was at the switch , where it was necessary to have a trench for the purpose of drainage ; that the dirt and ... track of said company , and at the switch located at that point on said main track , where it became necessary for ...
... track was at the switch , where it was necessary to have a trench for the purpose of drainage ; that the dirt and ... track of said company , and at the switch located at that point on said main track , where it became necessary for ...
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... track , and in the bed of said road , which was about six or eight inches in depth , and into which hole he stumbled , and fell across the main track , just where the side track connects with said main track . " The court , in its ...
... track , and in the bed of said road , which was about six or eight inches in depth , and into which hole he stumbled , and fell across the main track , just where the side track connects with said main track . " The court , in its ...
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