Crosby v. Pere Marquette Railroad
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Muskegon; Russell, J. Debt by Edward Q-. Crosby and Robert R. Rice, copartners as the Crosby Transportation Company, against the Pere Marquette Railroad Company, to recover a penalty. Prom a judgment for defendant on verdict directed by the court, plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This is an action to recover the penalty prescribed by 2 Comp. Laws, § 6235, which reads as follows:
“ Every such corporation shall furnish sufficient accommodation for the transportation of all such passengers and property as shall, within a reasonable time previous thereto, offer or be offered for transportation at the place of starting, and the junctions of other railroads, and at siding and at stopping places established for discharging and receiving way passengers and freight, and shall take, transport, and discharge such passengers and property at, from, and to such places on the due…
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