McKenzie v. Detroit, Jackson & Chicago Railway Co.

At about 8:30 o’clock on the evening of October 23, 1914, defendant’s interurban car left the station at Ypsilanti for Ann Arbor. Plaintiff, appellant, desired to ride to Ann Arbor. It is his contention, supported by testimony, that after the car began to move from the stopping place at the station and had proceeded 10 or 15 feet he caught and boarded it, suitcase in hand, and established himself upon the rear platform of the car, which he was prevented from leaving conveniently and taking a place inside the car as he proposed to do because of the presence of other passengers on the platform…