Foley v. Detroit & Mackinac Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Arenac; Sharpe, J. Case by David E. Foley against the Detroit & Mackinac Railway Company for personal injuries. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant' brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
Plaintiff is a resident of Toledo, Ohio. On the 8th day of July, 1912, he left Toledo to go to Turner, a village situate on defendant’s line. Either through his own or the defendant’s error, he alighted at Twining, a station three miles south of Turner. When he discoyered the error, he attempted to board the train again, and in so doing the train started while he was on the first step. He was carrying a suit case, and it became fast or fouled in the hand rails in such a way that he could get no further. In trying to extricate it he lost his balance, and fell from the train and *235was injured.…
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