Beath v. Rapid Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Lillibridge, J. Case by Rebecca C. Beath against the Rapid Railway Company for personal injuries. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
Plaintiff was a passenger on one of defendant’s cars, and was seriously injured in a collision. On the trial in the court below, the defendant did not deny liability for the actual damages sustained. The jury returned a verdict for $4,600. Defendant brings error.
The plaintiff was a single woman, and it is alleged that the court erred in admitting testimony showing that she was engaged to be married, and that the marriage was postponed in consequence of the injury, and also in charging the jury that they might consider the fact of plaintiff’s marriage engagement, and the postponement of the…
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