Starbard v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Co.

July 16, 1896, the deceased was struck and killed by a train on defendant’s road. This action is brought to recover damages on the ground that defendant’s servants were guilty of gross negligence in not giving him warning of the approach of the train. It appears that the deceased was walking on the defendant’s *24track, about 12:30 p. m. of that day, near Lowell station. He lived a little east and south of where he was killed, had lived there about six years, and was familiar with the surroundings. He came upon the track near what was called the “County-Line Road,” and had walked west between…