Wells v. Ann Arbor Railroad
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Livingston; Miner, J. Case by Gertrude E. Wells against the Ann Arbor Railroad Company for personal injuries. Judgment, for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
Upon the line of the defendant road, and a few miles north of Howell, on the east side of the track, is a platform made of cinders, confined on each of the four sides by timbers. It is 6 feet wide, east and west, and 15 feet long. There is no building, and stops there are made by gasoline cars only, and.' only upon signal or to discharge passengers. It is. called Preston. The line runs north and south here, crossing an east and west highway some 240 feet, north of the platform on a bridge elevated some IS feet above the highway, and the land south of the-highway adjoining the defendant’s…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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