Union Ice Co. v. Detroit & Mackinac Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Bay; Collins, J. Case by the Union Ice Company against the Detroit & Mackinac Railway Company for negligently setting fire to plaintiff’s icehouse. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error. On March 24, 1910, plaintiff’s icehouse, located a short distance north of Bay City, was destroyed by fire. The house, which was full of ice, stood between the right of way of defendant company and the lake shore.
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Error to Bay; Collins, J. Case by the Union Ice Company against the Detroit & Mackinac Railway Company for negligently setting fire to plaintiff’s icehouse. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error. On March 24, 1910, plaintiff’s icehouse, located a short distance north of Bay City, was destroyed by fire. The house, which was full of ice, stood between the right of way of defendant company and the lake shore. Its westerly end was distant from defendant’s main line track about 85 or 90 feet. Upon the day in question, a passenger train, running south, passed the icehouse at about 11…
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.
(after stating the facts). The first assignment of error discussed in defendant’s brief relates to the testimony of Alvin E. Schmidt and to the admission of Exhibits B, C, and E with reference to which he gave evidence. It appears that the icehouse as originally constructed was 100 feet broad by 200 feet long. After plaintiff acquired the property, it caused to be erected, upon each side of the original structure, an addition 100x200, so that when it was destroyed the icehouse was a building 300x200. Witness Schmidt was in charge of the work when the additions were built. The exhibits in…
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