Rivers v. Bay City Traction & Electric Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
' Error to Bay; Collins, J. Case by Maude E. Rivers, administratrix of the estate of Henry N. Rivers, deceased, against the Bay City Traction & Electric Company for the negligent killing of her husband. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
Plaintiff’s intestate, a motorman employed by the defendant, whose line intersects the roadbed and track of the Detroit & Mackinac Railroad Company at a point between Bay City and Wenona Beach, was killed January 28, 1907, when the car in his charge (No. 14) was struck by an engine of said railroad company which was at the time pulling a passenger train. The defendant’s car approaching the intersection aforesaid immediately ahead of and in view of the said passenger train, which was also in view of the motorman, was not stopped until the end of the car was upon the track of the steam road.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Fortin v. Bay City Traction & Electric Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1908
3Cited by18 opinions
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- Rex Pierce, Jr., a Minor by His Next Friend, Janet Pierce v. New York Central Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1969
- Mallinger v. BrussowSupreme Court of Iowa · 1960
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