Miller v. Manistique & Lake Superior Railway Co.

About 9:30 o’clock in the nighttime of July 7, 1922, the plaintiff’s Ford sedan, while being driven by him, was struck and demolished by a train of the defendant .backing along its tracks across Chippewa avenue, in the city of Manistique. Plaintiff brought an action against the defendant to recover for this damage and was awarded a verdict for $690. Defendant has appealed.

Chippewa avenue is a public street on the west side of the city and runs north and south, and is intersected by Elk street, which runs east and west. Defendant’s railroad track intersects Chippewa avenue at a point about 184…