Leary v. Houghton County Traction Co.

This is an action brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him on February 14, 1908, while acting as conductor on one of the motor cars of defendant, a Michigan corporation, operating an electric railway in Houghton county. At the close of plaintiff’s case, counsel for defendant moved for a directed verdict in its favor on the ground that from the most favorable view of the evidence in favor of plaintiff it shows that he was guilty of contributory negligence, and also that the accident resulted from a risk assumed by him. By an agreement between counsel…