Quinn v. Bradley
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Muskegon; Vanderwerp (John), J. Case by Agnes M. Quinn, administratrix of the estate of Leo J. Quinn, deceased, against Martha Eaton Bradley for the alleged negligent killing of plaintiff’s decedent. Judgment for defendant on a directed verdict. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtFellows, C. J.
July 5, 1920, on Lake street in the city of Muskegon, plaintiff’s decedent was struck and instantly killed by a taxicab owned by defendant. The . testimony unquestionably made a case of negligence on the part of the driver of defendant’s taxicab. The testimony of the witnesses called by plaintiff tended to show that decedent boarded a street car at Lincoln avenue to go to Addison street, some 8 blocks distant. The car and trailer were both crowded and decedent rode on the step. When plaintiff rested her case the proofs had established that decedent had safely alighted from the car, getting…
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