Bosek v. Detroit United Railway

On Saturday evening, October 29, 1910, the plaintiff, a young woman 23 years of age, left her home on Widman Place in the city of Detroit to attend a dance on Russell street, between Canfield and Willis streets. She left at half past 8, boarded a Baker street car, and transferred to a cross-town car at Chene and Forest. These cars have doors at both ends and also in the center on one side of the car, with two steps leading down to the pavement. The car was proceeding along Forest street, and plaintiff was seated in the middle of the car, intending to get off at Russell and Forest. After the…