Jones v. City of Detroit

The plaintiff brought this action, under the statute, against the city' of Detroit to recover for personal injuries incurred by reason of a defective street. He was employed by Vinton & Co., building contractors, and at the time of the accident was riding east on Jefferson avenue in his employer’s auto truck, which was being driven by another employé at the rate of from 8 to 10 miles an hour. As they approached the intersection of Jefferson and Field avenues, they turned off from the street car track, where they had been driving, to avoid an approaching street car, and in so doing ran one of…