Martin v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad

{concurring). This is an appeal from an order of the Oakland county circuit court entered on February 25, 1957, denying motions for new trial in 2 cases, based upon the right of the trial court to consolidate the cases for trial. The facts upon which decision rests are as follows.

Michael Martin, Jr., was seriously injured by a train of defendant while he was on the defendant’s railroad tracks. Separate actions were filed in the circuit court of Oakland county, one by the father for doctor and hospital bills, while the other action was brought by the mother, as next friend, for the son for…