Breckenfelder v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.

John Breckenfelder, the husband of plaintiff, was killed on August 29, 1888, at the intersection of the defendant’s road with Adams street, in the city of Monroe, by being run over by the cars of defendant. The circumstances under which the accident happened are little in dispute or doubt. Whatever contradiction there was in the testimony, or inferences to be drawn therefrom, were for the ’jury to determine, and raise no question of law for the court. The case was fairly submitted to the jury, under proper instructions as to the law which governed the case, and'the only question of law which…