Town v. Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Monroe. (Kinne, J.) Negligence case. Plaintiff brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.
The plaintiff, a locomotive engineer upon a passenger train of the defendant at the time of his injury, brought suit in the Monroe circuit court to recover damages for such injury occasioned by the derailment and wrecking of his train. The court below directed a verdict for the defendant.
The accident .was caused by a misplaced switch, and happened on the evening of Sunday, April 29, 1883, in the township of La Salle, in Monroe county, at about 8:30 o’clock. At this place the line of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Eailway Company runs parallel with, and a few rods west of, the line of the…
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