Downey v. Hendrie

The plaintiff having taken passage on a street car of tbe defendant fell from tbe car and tbe wheels crushed bis elbow. He was between forty and fifty years ■old, a butcher and dealer in fat cattle, bad lived many years in Detroit, was familiar with street cars and with that which injured bim. He brought this action to recover for tbe injury and when tbe evidence was closed, tbe learned judge being of opinion that it was too obvious to be questioned that tbe plaintiff’s own negligence was tbe material if not tbe exclusive cause of bis being hurt directed a verdict for defendant. It is now…