Congdon v. Michigan United Traction Co.

Plaintiff’s decedent, Napoleon Pare, was killed as a result of a collision between the automobile in which he was- riding and a street car, at the intersection of Portage and Lake streets, in the city of Kalamazoo. Lake and Portage streets cross each other at nearly right angles. Lake street extends east and west. The general direction of Portage street is north and south, but bears slightly to the northwest and southeast, and defendant operates a double-track railway thereon. The southeast corner of the intersection is occupied by a two-story brick building, known as Gamble’s drug store, the…