Withey v. Pere Marquette Railroad
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kent; Perkins, J. Assumpsit by Charles S. Withey against the Pere Marquette Eailroad Company for breach of contract of carriage. There was judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
On Saturday, December 26, 1903, plaintiff, his wife, and their 21 months’ old child were passengers on defendant’s road from Monroe, where they had passed Christmas with relatives, to Grand Eapids, their home. As baggage they had on the same train two trunks. These trunks contained various articles of dress and of the toilet; some intended solely for the use of the infant. They contained, also, some articles of jewelry used by and intended for use by the wife, which had been given her by others than her husband, which she took to Monroe with her on her visit, and some gifts made to plaintiff…
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