King v. Grand Rapids Railway Co.

From a directed verdict in favor of the defendant, this case is brought here by writ of error.

Hall street in the city of Grand Rapids runs east and west. It is intersected by Madison avenue running north and south. The plaintiff is a physician and had an office on the west side of Madison avenue about five doors north of Hall street. On the north side of Hall street, a short distance east of Madison avenue, is a garage in which plaintiff kept his automobile. The defendant company has a double track in Hall street upon which it ran its cars. The street was practically level east of the garage…