Rajnowski v. Detroit, Bay City & Alpena Railroad

On March 13, 1888, at about 8 o’clock in the evening, a house standing about 15 feet from defendant’s railroad track caught fire, and was entirely consumed. It was occupied by two families, one of whom was the family of Cahsmer Rajnowski, which consisted of his wife and five children. Cahsmer Rajnowski was not living with his family at the time, and only four of the children were at home on the night of the fire. The mother was absent, and had left the care of the children with her mother, who was then 84 years of age. She appears, however, to be in possession of her faculties, and not…