Grostick v. Detroit, Lansing & Northern Railroad

The plaintiff had verdict and judgment in the court below for $18,143.50. The action was brought *595in the circuit court for Livingston county for the negligent killing of August Grostick, plaintiff's husband, on the afternoon of October 19, 1889, on a highway crossing just west of the station at Howell, on defendant's road.

The negligence alleged in the declaration is that defendant failed to sound its whistle or ring its bell continuously for at least 40 rods before reaching the crossing; ran over the crossing at a great rate of speed, the crossing being a dangerous one; and the employment of…