Theisen v. Detroit United Railway

Plaintiff, while driving a hose cart to a fire in the line of his duty as an employe of the fire depart' ment, was injured in a collision with one of defendant’s cars at the intersection of Brush and Adams streets in the city of Detroit. Defendant was operating a double-track line on Adams avenue and a single-track line on Brush street. Plaintiff was proceeding east on Adams avenue at a speed of about 10 miles an hour, requiring a space of 150 feet within which to stop his horses. There is a building at the northwest corner of Brush and Adams extending out to the sidewalk lines of both…