Wilson v. Detroit United Railway

Plaintiff brings this action to recover-damages for personal injuries received in a collision between the car in which he was a passenger and another street car in the city of Detroit. He had verdict and judgment for $6,000. Liability of defendant and absence of contributory negligence of plaintiff are not denied. The principal contention of defendant is that the trial judge was in error in refusing a new trial sought on the ground that the verdict is excessive. *413The accident occurred October 21, 1916. Plaintiff was then 39 years old. For a number of years he had been mate on the boat “Anona”…