Miller v. Detroit United Railway

Plaintiff, a boy 10 years old, jumped from the running board of the defendant’s car near the crossing of the tracks on Woodward and Michigan avenues, in the city of Detroit, and was injured. He claims that he boarded the car to sell a newspaper to a passenger; that *2the conductor came along the running board, ordered him off, and threatened him with his fist; and that for this reason he jumped/ He' recovered verdict and judgment.

After the accident the plaintiff and his mother made a written statement of how the accident occurred. Their testimony was contradictory to some of the written…