Legal Opinion

Huggett v. Erb

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided October 2, 1914No. Docket No. 113PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Error to Gratiot; Searl, J. Case by Eva Huggett, by next friend, against Newman Erb and others, receivers of the Pere Marquette Railroad Company, for personal injuries. Judgment for defendants on a directed verdict. Plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtSteere, J.

Plaintiff, a child two years and eight months old, was run over and seriously injured by one of the Pere Marquette Railroad Company’s westbound trains as it was leaving the city of Alma at 1:40 in the afternoon of May 17, 1912. This action is brought by her father, as next friend, against the receivers, of said railroad, to recover for the injuries she sustained.

The declaration originally filed alleged as actionable negligence a failure of duty to give proper warning of the approach of the train, to keep it under control, to appreciate the danger, to keep a sharp lookout ahead, to use every…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Montgomery v. Lansing City Electric Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Hanlon v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1891
  3. Trudell v. Grand Trunk Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1901
  4. Marcott v. Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1881
  5. Keyser v. Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1885

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Stone v. StoneCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
  2. Hoover v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1915
  3. Burt v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1933
  4. Pennsylvania R. Co. v. AckersonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1950
  5. Newell v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1915

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