Vought v. Michigan United Traction Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Calhoun; North, J. Case by A. Barrett Vought against the Michigan United Traction Company for damages to a traction engine. Judgment for defendant on a directed verdict. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtSteere, J.
Plaintiff, a resident of Bedford township, Calhoun county, owned a steam traction engine, used in connection with his business of threshing grain, baling hay and straw, filling silos, etc. Defendant owns and operates an electric interurban railway line, a portion of which passes through Bedford township along the east and west highway between the village of Augusta and the city of Battle Creek, in said county.
On the afternoon of September 21, 1914, plaintiff was engaged in baling straw at the “Powers farm,” in Bedford township, located something less than three miles west of Battle Creek,…
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