Legal Opinion

Foley v. Detroit & Mackinac Railway Co.

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided March 27, 1914No. Docket No. 37PublishedCited by 2 opinions

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

  1. Michigan, Central Railroad v. ColemanMichigan Supreme Court · 1874

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Foley v. Detroit & Mackinac Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1916
  2. Murphy v. Pere Marquette RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1914

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