LaCroix v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad

Following an adverse jury verdict and denial of motion for new trial, plaintiff appealed to this Court as a matter of right on January 22, 1964. The ease was assigned to the Court of Appeals and the judgment for defendant was affirmed by that Court (2 Mich App 151). Plaintiff filed an application for leave to appeal to this Court. Leave was granted as was also appellant’s motion for leave to proceed in this Court in forma pauperis.

Plaintiff claims:

1. It was reversible error for the trial court to instruct the jury that a “violation” of the so-called trespass statute was negligence.

2. It was…