Beagle v. Pere Marquette Railroad

The following facts are undisputed on this record: The plaintiff, a woman in the prime of life and in the full possession of all her faculties, had lived immediately adjoining the crossing at which she was injured for .a period of a year and a half. She was familiar with the crossing and had occasion to use it with great frequency. She knew the number of tracks crossing the street at that point and their uses. The accident occurred in the middle of the day, and therefore in broad daylight. She knew that the freight engine, which had detached itself from its train and stood upon the crossing a…