McKone v. Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to "Washtenaw. (Joslyn, J.) Case. Plaintiff brings error. Leaving a hole unguarded is negligence: Prideamx v. Mineral Point 43 Wis. 513; Patterson v. Pittsburg etc. B. R. Go. 76 Penn. St. 389 ; Barrelt v. Blade 56 Me. 498 ; GaFleton v. Franconia etc.
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Error to "Washtenaw. (Joslyn, J.) Case. Plaintiff brings error. Leaving a hole unguarded is negligence: Prideamx v. Mineral Point 43 Wis. 513; Patterson v. Pittsburg etc. B. R. Go. 76 Penn. St. 389 ; Barrelt v. Blade 56 Me. 498 ; GaFleton v. Franconia etc. Go. 99 Mass. 216; Oonroy v. Vulcan Iron Works 62 Mo. 35; Elliott v. Pray 10 Allen 378; Kargremes v. Deacon Adm. 25 Mich. 1; Indermav/r v. Dames L. 17. 2 O. B. 311; Beck v. Garter 68 N. Y. 283; a railroad company must keep in safe condition all portions of its station grounds, reasonably near to its platform where passengers would naturally…
1Opinion of the Court
Graves, O. J.
On the evening of September 16th, 1879, the plaintiff’s wife, accompanied by a hired girl, was returning on defendant’s train from the East to her home in Chelsea, and the plaintiff went to defendant’s depot to meet ¡and escort her, as he had previously informed her he would. It was about 11 o’clock. The train was coming in as he reached the station. Being urged by a call of nature, and there being no urinal, he passed some little distance along the sidewalk, away from the place for the passengers tO' alight, and in order to seclude himself from observation and avoid indecent…
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