Fischer v. Michigan Railway Co.

On June 29, 1917, at about ten o’clock in the evening, one of defendant’s interurban cars, known as the “steamboat express,” operating between Grand Rapids and the Holland boat dock, collided with plaintiff’s limousine which was stalled on defendant’s tracks between Jenison Park and the Olympia Pavilion at or near Holland. A jury in the Kent circuit court assessed plaintiff’s damages to his automobile at the sum of $990.85. Defendant reviews the proceedings and complains of the refusal of the trial court to direct a verdict in its behalf.

1. Plaintiff’s contributory negligence. One of the…