Hooker v. Blair
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kent; Brown, J. Case by William W. Hooker against Frank W. Blair and others, as receivers of the Pere Marquette Railroad Company, for personal injuries. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
This case arises out of an injury to the plaintiff while alighting from one of defendants’ trains. Plaintiff’s testimony on the trial was in substance :
“On the 29th day of September I was going to Englishville to work driving team. It was telephone work *279for the Citizens’ Company.” He took a seat in the middle of the smoking car. The train was a vestibuled train. “I had never ridden to Englishville before on this road. It was ifiy first trip up there. Just before I got off I saw the brakeman going through the coach I was in. When he went through he announced the station: “Englishville;…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Michigan, Central Railroad v. ColemanMichigan Supreme Court · 1874
- Solomon v. Manhattan Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Haas v. Grand Rapids & Indiana RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1882
- Mitchell v. Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1883
- England v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
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