Labarge v. Pere Marquette Railroad

The plaintiff, when driving, was struck and injured by a car belonging to the defendant, which had been shunted down the street upon which she was driving, in Bay City. This action was brought to recover damages for the injury sustained by her, and, upon the trial, a jury rendered a verdict for the defendant. She has taken a writ of error upon the judgment rendered.

The negligence complained of is, first, that the defendant’s servants “kicked” two sleeping coaches down its track, and across a street (Third), at a rate of five to six miles an hour, with no one upon them to control them, and…