Legal Opinion · Dissent

Stuive v. Pere Marquette Railway Co.

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided April 9, 1945No. Docket Nos. 13, 14, Calendar Nos. 42,845, 42,846Published

1DissentButzel, J.

{dissenting). I concur in the opinion for reversal. A pole with a large disk with the letters “E. E.” stood at the side of the road 285 feet from the track as a warning. The disk could readily be seen by the driver of an approaching car at a greater distance. Nevertheless plaintiff testified he did not become aware of the fact that he was-approaching a railroad crossing until he was 150 feet from the track, and that then his view down the track was shut off by an embankment until he was 29 feet from the track. His expert witness, a civil engineer, indicated, however, that by actual…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Jones v. Grand Trunk Western RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1942
  2. Ortynski v. Grand Trunk Western RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1943
  3. Silanpa v. ThomsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1944

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