Newell v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Ottawa; Cross, J. Case by Sarah Newell, administratrix of the estate of David Newell, deceased, against the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Company for the unlawful killing of plaintiff’s decedent. Judgment for defendant on a directed verdict. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtKuhn, J.
This is an action brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for the death of one David Newell, who was run down and instantly killed by one of the defendant’s locomotives at 6:15 a. m., central standard time, January 14, 1914, while it was still dark.
The defendant-owns and operates a line of railway running from the city of Grand Haven northerly and eastwardly through Ferrysburg, which is' a village of some 300 or 400 inhabitants, to Detroit, and the property includes a strip of track between a railroad trestle over the south channel of the Grand river and a swing bridge over the main…
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