Koscnicki v. Pere Marquette Railway Co.

On February 22, 1917, the plaintiff, having business to transact at the village of Copemish, in the county of Manistee, about five’ miles distant, left his home about 8:30 o’clock in the forenoon with a horse and cutter to drive to that village. On the day previous there had been a heavy snow storm in that vicinity, and in order to get to the village of Copemish it was necessary to cross the tracks of the defendant railway. He drove from home two and a half miles to the railroad crossing and found that the highway was filled with snow thrown from the rail*389way tracks by the snow plow and thus…