Marsh v. Burnham
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Hillsdale; Chester (Guy M.), J. Case by Fay Marsh against Augustus S. Burnham for personal injuries. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error. This is an action for, damages growing out of a collision of two automobiles. The accident happened in daylight. Plaintiff was driving his car in a northerly direction toward the city of Hillsdale and defendant was driving in a southerly direction.
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Error to Hillsdale; Chester (Guy M.), J. Case by Fay Marsh against Augustus S. Burnham for personal injuries. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error. This is an action for, damages growing out of a collision of two automobiles. The accident happened in daylight. Plaintiff was driving his car in a northerly direction toward the city of Hillsdale and defendant was driving in a southerly direction. When plaintiff reached the Country Club grounds, he found that the caretaker there had started a fire along the side of the road and that the resulting smoke constituted a screen through which…
1Opinion of the CourtBrooke, J.
(after stating the facts). Defendant now reviews the case in this court under 62 assign*679ments of error, which are argued by counsel under 8 different heads.
1. Under this subdivision, defendant complains about the opening statement of counsel to the effect that defendant, in contravention of the statute (1 Comp. Laws 1915, § 4816), did not stop and give reasonable assistance to the plaintiff and did not, for several weeks thereafter, visit him or inquire as to his condition. We are of the opinion that no- reversible error is disclosed under this head.
2, 3. Errors grouped under these heads are…
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