Alford v. Metcalf Bros.

The plaintiff was in the employment of defendant corporation as a porter in the carpet department of its store in Detroit, Mich. He was injured April 6, 1886, and brought this suit to recover damages for such injury. At the close of the plaintiffs testimony, in the circuit court for the county of Wayne, the circuit judge, Hon. Henry N. Brevoort, directed the jury to find for the defendant, which they did, and judgment thereupon passed against the plaintiff. The question here to be determined is the correctness of this ruling. The facts, as shown by the plaintiff, and upon which he relied, are…