Bell v. Village of Wayne
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne; Hosmer, J. Case by Andrew Bell against the village of Wayne for personal injuries. From a judgment for defendant on verdict directed by the court, plaintiff brings error. The facts are stated in the dissenting opinion of the chief justice.
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
The distinction, now contended for in cases of this character, was not lost sight of by the writer of the opinion in Doak v. Township of Saginaw, 119 Mich. 680 (78 N. W. 883). The differences between that case and this are these: In this case the banks were higher and steeper, at least on one side. In the Doak Gase the frightened horse backed into the ditch. In the present case the backing horse was struck by the plaintiff, started forward, crossed the road, and went down the embankment. The roadbed in this case was wider than that. Here the roadbed was 17 feet wide, and in good condition. In…
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