Hutchinson v. City of Ypsilanti

The plaintiff’s cutter was overturned 'by an accumulation of snow and ice on a street of the defendant city. Some of the snow had been thrown off the streetcar tracks by the street-car company, where they curve around the corner of Cross and Washington streets, and some thrown off the sidewalk and crosswalk. About a week before the accident, there had been a heavy snow, and other snows had fallen meanwhile, making an average depth of one foot. The first snow was also accompanied by rain. Plaintiff and her husband drove upon this ridge in turning the corner.

Plaintiff claims the right of…