Hildebrandt v. Detroit United Railway

Plaintiff was engaged in delivering bread to the retailers in the city of Detroit with a horse and delivery wagon. On December 22, 1914, he had made his early morning deliveries and was on his way home, traveling east on Theodore street. It was snowing and there were several inches of snow on the ground which made it more or less slippery. As he approached Grandy street, which crosses Theodore, his View to the south was cut off by a cigar factory situate on the southwest corner of Theodore and Grandy streets. Knowing that defendant’s cars ran north on Grandy street, he got out upon the…