Arends v. Grand Rapids Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to the Superior Court of Grand Rapids; Stuart, J. Case by Richard Arends against the Grand Rapids Railway Company for personal injuries. An order sustaining a demurrer to plaintiff’s declaration is reviewed by plaintiff on writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
While in the service of defendant, as a conductor on one of its street cars in the city of Grand Rapids, the plaintiff was injured. He concedes that his injuries arose through the negligence of the motorman, his fellow-servant, but insists that his case does not fail for that reason, because -it comes within the fellow-servant act, No. 104 of the Public Acts of 1909 (2 How. Stat. [2d Ed.] § 4110). The contention of defendant is that the act applies only to railroads that are incorporated under the general railroad act, and that it has no reference to street *449railways. The sole question,…
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