Cummings v. Detroit United Railway
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Murfin, J. Case by Sarah J. Cummings against the Detroit United Railway for personal injuries. A judgment for defendant is reviewed by plaintiff on writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
This is a suit for damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while alighting from a car of the defendant company on Congress street east, in the city of Detroit, after the car had come to a regular passenger stop at the corner of Hastings street, on the evening of January 7, 1909. The case is brought here by writ of error, because of the improper cross-examination of the plaintiff. It is also claimed that the judge did not properly charge the jury
*305There were but two witnesses sworn who knew anything about the accident, the plaintiff and the conductor. They do not agree about what…
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