Close v. Ann Arbor Railroad
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Shiawassee; Miner, J. Case by William E. Close, the ¿Etna Insurance Company, and others, against the Ann Arbor Railroad Company for negligent setting of fire to plaintiffs’ property by defendant’s locomotive, under 3 Comp. Laws, § 6395. Judgment for plaintiffs. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
Plaintiffs recovered a verdict and judgment against defendant for $33,563.70 for damages occasioned by the burning of an elevator and certain outbuildings and their contents, May 35,1909, at Byron, Shiawassee county, Mich. A motion for a new trial was made and was denied. In this court various alleged errors committed upon the trial, and in refusing a new trial, are relied upon and discussed, and will be considered generally in the order in which they are presented in the brief for appellant.
1. A map or plat of the premises was produced by plaintiffs, and, over objection, was received in…
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