Mitcham v. City of Detroit

355 Mich. 182 (1959)

94 N.W.2d 388

MITCHAM

v.

CITY OF DETROIT.

Docket No. 15, Calendar No. 45,760.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided January 12, 1959.

Douglas Leo Paterson, for plaintiffs.

A. Albert Bonczak, for defendant.

VOELKER, J.

The plaintiffs, husband and wife (by stipulation their cases were tried and appealed as one), were passengers in the defendant's municipally operated trackless motor coach. They were seated on a side seat running lengthwise and facing the aisle. At a point not at a street intersection and not at a regular bus stop the coach without warning swerved suddenly to the left and…