Legal Opinion

Collins v. Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Railway Co.

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided May 2, 1890PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Error to Shiawassee. (Newton, J.) Negligence case. Defendant brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtCahill, J.

This action was brought to recover damages on account of an injury to plaintiff’s foot occasioned by the falling of a plank on which she was walking in ascending the platform at defendant’s depot at Garland. *392The plaintiff recovered $1,000, and the defendant brings error.

Garland is a station in the country at a crossing of an ordinary country road, without sidewalks. There are two stores on the opposite side of the highway, and a little south. At the time of the accident, Mr. Shannon, one of the store-keepers, acted as agent. The station and platform had been built for about three years prior…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Cross v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1888
  2. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. TrautweinSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1889
  3. Watkins v. FordMichigan Supreme Court · 1888
  4. Beard v. Connecticut & Passumpsic Rivers R. R.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1875
  5. Keefe v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Skottowe v. Oregon Short Line, Ry. Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1892
  2. Cotant v. Boone Suburban Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1904
  3. Houston, East & West Texas Railway Co. v. McCartyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1905
  4. Herrman v. Great Northern Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1902
  5. Leveret v. Shreveport Belt Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1903

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