Stewart v. Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Saginaw; Snow, J, Case by Mary Stewart, administratrix of the estate of Thomas M. Stewart, deceased, against the Michigan Central Railroad Company, for negligently causing the death of plaintiff’s intestate. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
Plaintiff’s intestate was killed on February 5, 1898, by being run over at the Sheridan-avenue crossing, in the city of Saginaw, by a passenger train of defendant. Deceased was 35 years of age, possessing all his faculties, and a resident of the city. Sheridan avenue crosses the railroad track at right angles in the heart of the city, and is traveled by a great many teams daily. The track extends for some distance nearly parallel with Atwater street, and crosses Sheridan avenue 64 feet south of where Atwater street crosses Sheridan avenue. The deceased kept a grocery store at the corner of…
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