Hopkins v. Lake

This negligence case presents anew the question whether a verdict for defendant should or should not have been directed on motion below. It *392leads directly to the path relocated in Kaminski v. Grand Trunk W. R. Co., 347 Mich 417, and suggests that we read exordially Mr. Justice Cooley’s precepts as quoted on pages 420 and 421 of Kaminski’s report.

Little Tommy Hopkins is the plaintiff in this case.. His father is not. The right of action belongs to the boy. The father’s lack of care and questioned credibility as a witness, woven as such are into Mr.. Justice Kelly’s opinion, are of no present…