Peterson v. Chicago & West Michigan Railway Co.

The plaintiff in this case brought suit against the defendant for injuries received by him on the twenty-eighth day of April, 1885, by his team of horses being frightened at a box car belonging to the railway company, which is alleged to have obstructed the highway, in the village of Fennville, in the county of Allegan, and from such fright running away with him, and throwing him from his wagon. In the Allegan circuit court, before a jury, he recovered a verdict of $1,000.

The errors assigned all relate to the instructions to the jury by the circuit judge.

The defendant’s counsel complain of…