Hoag v. City of Detroit

The above cause came on to be heard upon the transcript of the record, the briefs of the parties, and the argument of counsel. Appellants maintained that, in a collision between two motor vehicles, appellee was guilty of negligence, as a matter of law, in stopping its passenger coach on the paved or traveled part of a public highway in order to take on a passenger, inasmuch as it was practicable to stop off such part of the highway. The pertinent Michigan statute Comp.Laws 1948, § 256.326, provides that outside the limits of any city or village, it is unlawful to stop, park, or leave a motor…