Putnam v. Detroit United Railway

Defendant maintains a double-track street railway on Michigan avenue, in the city of Detroit. That street runs practically east and west. The northerly *343track carries the cars running west, and the southerly track those running east. Plaintiff, who was a wholesale dealer in flour, was, on the day of the accident, calling upon his customers, in doing which he used an old secondhand runabout automobile, capable of running not more than eight miles per hour. Plaintiff was, proceeding easterly along the south side of Michigan avenue. Desiring to call upon a customer on Harrison avenue, a street…