Otto v. Ann Arbor Railroad

In the township of Northfield, in Washtenaw county, the tracks of the Ann Arbor Railroad Company run in a northerly and southerly direction across a public highway running east and west, known as the Nannery road. On the afternoon of September 5, 1914, a horse owned by plaintiff, while being driven by plaintiff’s son, Lawrence, was struck by one of the so-called gasoline cars operated on defendant’s road and injured to such an extent that it had to be killed. This action is brought to recover the value of the horse.

The boy was approaching the railroad track from the west, and was very…