Foley v. Detroit & Mackinac Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Arenac; Sharpe, J. Case by David Foley against the Detroit & Mackinac Railway Company for personal injuries. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtSteere, J.
Plaintiff brought this action to recover *588damages for personal injuries sustained in falling from a north-bound passenger train of defendant just as it was leaving the village of Twining, in Arenac county, on the afternoon of July 8, 1912.
A trial by jury in the circuit court of said county resulted in a verdict and judgment in plaintiffs favor for $4,500, and after denial of a motion for a new trial defendant removed the case to this court for review on a writ of error.
On the day in question plaintiff left-Toledo to visit a son living in Turner, a village three miles north of Twining, where…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Michigan, Central Railroad v. ColemanMichigan Supreme Court · 1874
3Cited by2 opinions
- Foley v. Detroit & Mackinac Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1916
- Murphy v. Pere Marquette RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1914