Coffee v. Pere Marquette Railroad

Plaintiff received serious injuries as the result of a collision between his wagon and defendant’s locomotive. He brought this suit and recovered a judgment in the court below. Defendant asks us to reverse that judgment on this single ground, viz., that the trial court erred in not directing a verdict on the ground of plaintiff’s contributory negligence.

The facts are these: September 18, 1901, plaintiff delivered a load of freight at Metzger’s cold storage building, in the city of Grand Rapids, situated just west of Winter street. In driving from that building to Winter street, plaintiff had…