Legal Opinion

Sweetnam v. Snow

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided July 23, 1915No. Docket No. 48PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Error to the superior court of Grand Rapids; Stuart, J. Case by Euretta B. Sweetnam against Warren H. Snow for personal injuries. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.

The plaintiff, a school-teacher, 39 years of age, was struck by an automobile owned by the defendant, but driven at the time by an employee of a public garage where the defendant kept his car. For the purpose of mailing a letter in the United States mail box affixed to the south side of the front vestibule of a trolley car, the plaintiff stood in the street near where the front end of the car would stop. After it stopped and she had mailed her letter, in order to regain the curb the plaintiff walked north past the front end of the car, stepped into the north roadway of the street, and was…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Standard Oil Co. v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  2. Pigeon's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
  3. Driscoll v. TowleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
  4. Kellogg v. Church Charity Foundation of Long IslandNew York Court of Appeals · 1911
  5. Shepard v. JacobsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Ridge v. JonesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1934
  2. Rich v. HolmesSupreme Court of Vermont · 1932
  3. Siegrist Bakery Co. v. SmithTennessee Supreme Court · 1931
  4. Butenshon v. SHOESMITHOregon Supreme Court · 1951
  5. Ederer v. Milwaukee Automobile InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1936

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