Sturgis v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Co.

Plaintiff fell into a cattle-guard at Durand, where defendant's railway crosses from the station grounds into the adjoining highway leading to the village, and was injured. w She sued defendant for negligence, alleged to have consisted in leaving the pit open at the place in question, claiming that the railroad track was used as a foot-path, and that defendant was bound to keep it in safe traveling order.

Plaintiff had arrived with her husband on a train from Caines to Durand, arriving after dark in the evening of December 1, 1885. She was not acquainted with the premises. Instead of going…