Boyle v. Waters
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kent; Perkins, J. Case by Lillian Boyle against Dudley E. Waters and Paul H. King, receivers of the Pere Marquette Railroad Company, and the Ann Arbor Railroad Company for personal injuries. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
Defendants’ railway lines intersect and cross at Thompsonville. The Ann Arbor line at that point extends nearly north and south. The Pere Marquette crosses the Ann Arbor in a southwesterly course at an angle of about 45 degrees. The Ann Arbor station is located on the east side of its track near the intersection and target house. The Pere Marquette station is situated on the west side of its track nearly opposite the Ann Arbor station. The defendants exchange passenger traffic at this point. To accommodate its respective passengers defendants built a walk across the angle between the two…
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- Tobin v. Portland, Saco & Portsmouth RailroadSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1871
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