Lindenfeld v. Michigan Interstate Truck Co.

Plaintiff had judgment, in action under the death act (3 Comp. Laws 1929, §§ 14061, 14062), for the killing of his wife in a collision of his ear, in which she was riding, with a truck of the CloverLeaf Truck Company.

The collision occurred on a hill on US-12, west of Coloma, about three o’clock in the morning of March 3, 1935. The pavement was slippery, from ice, frost or dampness or a combination of them, but the places and extent of such condition are in dispute.

A 60-foot train, consisting of a truck and two trailers, belonging to defendant Michigan Interstate Truck Company, was going east…