Miller v. City of Detroit

This is an automobile-streetcar collision case. The only question involved is whether plaintiff’s decedent was guilty of'contributory negligence as a matter of law.

On Saturday, May 24, 1942, at about 2:30 in the afternoon, plaintiff’s decedent was driving his automobile west on Palmer avenue in Detroit. Palmer avenue and Grandy avenue intersect at right angles. Grandy is a narrow street with a single streetcar track in the center. On approaching Grandy avenue plaintiff’s decedent stopped his automobile back of the east crosswalk of Grandy, about 25 or 30 feet east of the streetcar track. He…