Groesbeck v. Grand Trunk Railway Co. of Canada
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Shiawassee; Miner, J. Case by Emma Groesbeck against the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada and the Grand Trunk Western Railway Company and the Toledo & Muskegon Railway Company for the wrongful killing of plaintiff’s decedent. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
Emma Groesbeck, as administratrix, brought this action of trespass on the case, seeking to recover damages under the death act (3 Comp. Laws, § 10427), so called, for the killing of Alden B. Groesbeck, yard foreman, in the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Company’s yards in Durand, at about 10 o’clock a. m. on the 18th day of M&y, 1907.
It will be noted that the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Company was not made a party defendant. The following excerpt from the declaration is here made:
“For that whereas, heretofore, to wit, on the 18th day of May, 1907, the above defendant…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Powers v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Manning v. Chicago & West Michigan Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1895
- Attorney General v. JoyMichigan Supreme Court · 1884
- Powers v. Pere Marquette RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1906
- People ex rel. Attorney General v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1909
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