Martin v. City of Detroit

This action is brought to recover for damage to plaintiff’s car and for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff in a collision which occurred at the intersection of Elmhurst and Turner avenues in the city of Detroit at 3:06 p.m. on November 14, 1942, between the automobile owned and driven by plaintiff, and a bus operated by the defendant department of street railways of the city of Detroit. Trial was had by a jury and the verdict was for the plaintiff in the sum of $1,000. Decision on a motion for a directed verdict having been reserved under the Empson act, the trial judge entered a…