Legal Opinion

McGrath v. Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette R. R.

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided September 29, 1885PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Error to Marquette. (Grant, J.) Case. Defendant brings error. Statutes requiring railway tracks to be fenced do not apply to the station grounds : Indiana dee. R. Go. v. Leah 89 Ind. 596; Jeffersonville dee. R. Go. v. Lyon 72 Ind. 107.

1Opinion of the CourtSkebwood, J.

At the time of the injury complained of in this case, the defendant’s railroad extended from the city of Marquette to St. Jgnace, in the TJpper Peninsula. On the 20th day of August, 1883, the plaintiff’s cow strayed upon the road of defendant at Dollarville, and was run over upon the main track by defendant’s cars, and killed. The defendant’s railroad ran east and west through Dollarville station at which there is a side track on both sides of the main track. The-depot is between the south side track and the main track, and the freight-houses are south of the south siding. The south siding…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Flint & Pere Marquette Railway Co. v. LullMichigan Supreme Court · 1874
  2. Lloyd v. Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
  3. Davis v. Burlington & Missouri River R. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1869
  4. Blair v. Milwaukee & Prairie du Chien RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1866
  5. Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. ChristyIndiana Supreme Court · 1873

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Wilder v. Chicago & West Michigan Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1888
  2. Harvey v. Southern Pac. Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1905
  3. Boudeman v. ArnoldMichigan Supreme Court · 1918
  4. Rabidon v. Chicago & West Michigan Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1897
  5. Grondin v. Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1894

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