Creen v. Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Crawford; Sharpe, J. Case by Anna E. Creen, administratrix of the estate of John T. Creen, deceased, against the Michigan Central Railroad Company for the unlawful killing of plaintiff’s decedent. An order overruling a demurrer to plaintiff’s declaration is reviewed by defendant on writ of certiorari.
1Opinion of the CourtSteere, J.
This is an action brought by plaintiff as administratrix of her deceased husband, John T. Creen, to recover compensation for his death, which was caused by the explosion of a boiler of one of defendant’s locomotives on which he was engineer.
The question before us is the sufficiency and legality of plaintiff’s declaration, to which defendant has filed a special demurrer. This declaration, as an entirety, is skillfully drawn, containing, in proper arrangement and apt phraseology, all the requisite parts of a declaration, according to the rules of pleading at common law. It is composed of two…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Southern Railway Co. v. Blanford's AdministratrixSupreme Court of Virginia · 1906
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