Richards v. Waltz
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Muskegon; Sessions, J. Case by Louis Richards against Fred Waltz and others for the negligent killing of plaintiff’s cow. There was judgment for defendants on a verdict directed by the court, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The plaintiff is a resident of the unincorporated village of Twin Lake, which is upon the east shore of a body of water called Twin Lake, and some of the streets of which are said to run to the shore of the lake. He was the owner of some cows. In conformity to his daily practice, he turned these cows and a horse into the highway, about ten o’clock in the forenoon, and paid no *417further attention to them until about half past twelve, when he heard that one was drowned in the lake at a place where the defendants had made a hole by cutting and removing ice.
The plaintiff testified that he and…
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