Redson v. Michigan Central Railroad

The declaration in this case contains five counts, alleging various grounds of negligence. The court disposed of all these in his charge, except one, either on the ground of plaintiff’s contributory negligence or that no negligence was shown on the part of defendant. Failure on the part of the engineer to keep a proper lookout was one. The court instructed the jury that, even if this were so, plaintiff was equally negligent in not keeping a proper lookout for the approach of the train, which he knew was then due, and which could have been seen approaching for a distance of over three miles.…