Yeoman v. Muskegon Traction & Lighting Co.

Plaintiff was an employee of the Linderman Steel & Machine Company in Muskegon. On the evening of December 12, 1918, after leaving his work, he went outside, cranked his automobile and backed it onto defendant’s’ track, where it stalled and was run into by one of defendant’s interurban cars. The automobile was damaged and plaintiff was injured. Defendant being unwilling to compensate him he brought this suit. The declaration counted upon the negligence of defendant because of the excessive speed at which the ear was being operated and because the motorman failed to give warning of its…