Gayden v. Arabais

On the morning of January 26, 1937, the plaintiff, a colored lady, 29 years of age, disembarked from the back door of a street car traveling east on Warren Avenue in the city of Detroit. Plaintiff walked around behind the street car, intending to cross to the north curb of the street. According to her testimony, she stopped as she crossed the north rail of the car track and looked to her right where she saw defendant’s car approaching about 115 feet away. Believing she had plenty of time to cross, she started toward the curb, a distance of some 22 feet from the north rail. She watched…