Collins v. Perry

Plaintiff was employed in a store located on Monroe avenue in the city of Grand Rapids. At about 1:30 in the afternoon she had occasion to cross the street. At the point of crossing there was a platform used as a safety zone adjoining the street car tracks, 99 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 6 inches high. It is plaintiff’s claim and testimony that she stepped up on this platform, that it was crowded, some street cars were standing there to take on and discharge passengers, and that, while waiting for the traffic to clear, the automobile owned by defendant Mrs. D. M. Perry and driven with her…