Geveke v. Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kent. (Montgomery, J.) Case. Defendant brings error. Driving .a horse so near a locomotive that the latter can blow steam on one is per se negligence: Jeffersonville R. Co. v. Cold-smith 47 Ind. 43; Louisville ds Washville R. Co. v. Schmidt 81 Ind. 264; S Am. & Eng. R. Gas. 248; for cases of injury to teams at railway crossings where tlie drivers were bound to know the place was dangerous, see III. Cent.
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Error to Kent. (Montgomery, J.) Case. Defendant brings error. Driving .a horse so near a locomotive that the latter can blow steam on one is per se negligence: Jeffersonville R. Co. v. Cold-smith 47 Ind. 43; Louisville ds Washville R. Co. v. Schmidt 81 Ind. 264; S Am. & Eng. R. Gas. 248; for cases of injury to teams at railway crossings where tlie drivers were bound to know the place was dangerous, see III. Cent. R. Go. v. Baches 55 Ill. 379.; M. cts W. R. Co. v. Winn 19 Ga. 440; C., B. & Q. R. Co. v. Dewey 26 Ill. 255; Deville v. S. P. R. R. Co. 50 Gal. 383; Zeigler v. Railroads S. C. 221;…
1Opinion of the CourtShjeewood, J.
The plaintiff brought suit in the Kent circuit court to recover for injuries sustained July 13, 1883, by *591the capsizing of a wagon owned and driven by one Weight-man, with whom the plaintiff was at the time riding. The injury occurred in the township of Wyoming, about a mile south of the city of Grand Bapids, on the Grandville road, at the crossing of the track of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Bailway, which was then used by the defendant. The defendant’s bridge over Grand river in the city having recently been carried away by high water, it was compelled to cross the river about three…
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