Bewernitz v. Detroit, Jackson & Chicago Railway
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Codd, J. Case by August Bewernitz against the Detroit, Jackson & Chicago Railway for .damages for the negligent killing of certain cattle. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtSteere, J.
Plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment against defendant in the circuit court of Wayne county in the sum of $325 as damages for the loss of three cows killed on September 20, 1913, by one of defendant’s interurban cars at a point about three miles west of Dearborn on a highway known as Michigan avenue, along the northerly side and within the limits of which defendant’s track ran.
Plaintiff owned and operated a dairy farm in the township, of Nankin, situated about a mile west of the village of Inkster, in Wayne county, and was driving some cows, which were heavy with calf and soon to become…
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- Dupuis v. Saginaw Valley Traction Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1906
- Nissly v. Detroit, Jackson & Chicago Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1911
- Ferguson v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1912
- Kotila v. Houghton County Street-Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1903
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