Apsey v. Detroit, Lansing & Northern Railroad

It was held in the former opinion that the plaintiff could not recover on account of the contributory negligence of James Apsey, the father of the deceased, who was driving at the time of the accident. The evidence of such negligence in the present record is the same as that in the other, nor does the record differ in any particular from the former. That opinion was written by Chief Justice Champlin, and concurred in by the entire Court. Upon the second trial in the circuit, the court, in accordance with the former opinion, directed a verdict for the defendant. That decision settled the law…