Bird v. Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad

The deceased was a school-teacher aged 27 years, and in the full enjoyment of all her faculties.

The defendant’s road crosses a highway running through the village, of Milford, the railroad running nearly north and south, and the highway running east and west. The depot stands west of'the railroad, and near the intersec-' tion of the road and the highway. There were across this highway a main track and a side track. A freight train was standing on the side track across the highway, waiting for the arrival of a passenger train, upon the arrival of which, as was the well-known custom, it…