Ryan v. Pere Marquette Railway Co.

About 8 o’clock on a, stormy March evening, plaintiff, while driving his automobile to cross the track of defendant company at its intersection with Stewart avenue in the city of Flint, was struck by a train and injured. He brought this suit and recovered damages on the claim that his view of the coming of the train was prevented by a. string of box cars standing upon a passing track between him and the main track, and partly within the street and so close to the roadway that when he reached the zone of view of the main track the train was within a few feet of him and the front of his…