Robinson v. Chicago & Alton Railroad
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kent; Wolcott, J. Case by Samuel Robinson, Jr., administrator of tbe estate of Samuel Robinson, Sr., deceased, against the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company and the Pullman Company, for negligently causing the death of plaintiff’s intestate. From a judgment for plaintiff against defendant railroad company alone, it brings error.
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Error to Kent; Wolcott, J. Case by Samuel Robinson, Jr., administrator of tbe estate of Samuel Robinson, Sr., deceased, against the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company and the Pullman Company, for negligently causing the death of plaintiff’s intestate. From a judgment for plaintiff against defendant railroad company alone, it brings error. Plaintiff recovered verdict and judgment for damages occasioned by the death of Samuel Robinson, Sr., while a passenger upon a train of the defendant railroad company, through the alleged negligence of said company. The deceased left his home in Charlotte,…
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
(after stating the facts). 1. It is urged that the manner in which Mr. Robinson met his death is mere conjecture, and that, therefore, there can be no recovery. This position is untenable. It is a fair inference from the evidence adduced in behalf of the plaintiff that Mr. Robinson was thrown through the vestibule door. *258He was seen to go out of car No. 4 for car No. 3, which he did not enter. The natural conclusion is that he either voluntarily jumped from the car through this door, or was thrown through it by the lurching of the train. There is nothing to indicate that he intended to commit…
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- Pennsylvania Co. v. RoySupreme Court of the United States · 1880
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- Warren v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
- Nevin v. Pullman Palace Car Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1883
- Robinson v. United States Benevolent SocietyMichigan Supreme Court · 1903
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