Michigan Supreme Court July 13, 1897 (Schoepper v. Hancock Chemical Co.)

Montgomery, J.

The plaintiff’s intestate met his death while in the defendant's employ, and the question involved in this case is whether his death was caused by actionable negligence of the defendant. The defendant is engaged in the manufacture of nitroglycerine in the county of Houghton, and, prior to the injury complained of in this suit, had been engaged in that business for 10 or 12 years.