Dorrance v. Michigan United Railways Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kalamazoo; Knappen, J. Case by Marie C. Dorrance against the Michigan United Railways Company for personal injuries. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtKuhn, J.
This is an action brought for damages arising from personal injuries occasioned, as claimed by the plaintiff, by slipping on an accumulation of ice in the vestibule of one of defendant’s cars.
The route upon which this car was running in the *200city of Kalamazoo was known as the Washington and West street car line. The car started at the Michigan Buggy Works on Reed street and ended at the top of the West street hill, and the running time from one end of the route to the other was about 25 minutes. The cars operated on this route are known as pay-as-you-enter, double-end, double-truck cars, with…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Neslie v. Second & Third Streets Passenger Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
- Riley v. Rhode Island CompanySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1908
- Foster v. Old Colony Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Tietz v. Grand Trunk Railway Co. of CanadaMichigan Supreme Court · 1911
- Galloway v. Detroit United RailwayMichigan Supreme Court · 1912
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