Depotty v. City of Detroit

This is an action to recover dam- • ages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff in a collision between his. automobile and, the defendants ’ street car. On the trial at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s case, the court rendered a decision in favor of the defendants on the ground that plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as :a matter of law. Judgment was entered in favor of the defendants. The plaintiff has appealed.

The accident occurred at about 8:30 o ’clock in the evening of December 11, 1928. It was dark. The plaintiff was driving a Ford car toward the city of Detroit on the…