Phinney v. Detroit United Railway Co.

A highway, running north and south, crosses the line of defendant’s railway almost at right angles at the village of Atlas, in Genesee county. On Sunday, February 20, 1921, about two o’clock in the afternoon, John H. Densmore was driving a Ford roadster, going north, on the highway. With him in the car were his wife, his child Odessa, and Florence Phinney, the wife of plaintiff. Defendant has a small station house at Atlas, located about 50 feet east of the highway. About 1,800 feet east of the crossing, defendant’s track makes a long sweeping curve to the south. One of defendant’s limited…