Taylor v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad

'Cooley, J.

The plaintiff sues the railroad company to recover compensation for an injury suffered by her in consequence of slipping and falling upon ice which had formed on a sidewalk in front of premises occupied by defendant in the city of Monroe, and which the defendant had failed to remove as required by law. It is not claimed that any such action would lie at the common law, and the right of recovery is supposed to arise from certain state and municipal legislation.

The state legislation in question is the general act for the incorporation of cities, passed in 1873, under which the city…