Rathbone v. Detroit United Railway

While plaintiff was a passenger on one of defendant’s interurban cars operating *588between Detroit and Port- Huron, it collided with a good roads construction train, at a highway crossing near Marysville, and in consequence thereof he was seriously injured. When the collision occurred, the car was behind its schedule time, and was going at a high rate of speed. After discovering the good roads construction train at the crossing, little or no effort was made by the motorman to stop the car or to slacken its speed. The trial resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff. Defendant railway, which alone…