Thompson v. Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Shiawassee. (Newton, J.) Negligence case. Defendant brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
Plaintiff, at about 5 o'clock in the morning of September 26, 1889, while attempting to walk across the defendant's road at a street crossing in Yernon, a village of 800 inhabitants, was struck by a' passing engine, and injured. Defendant's road runs parallel with the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway, and at the point where the accident happened they are about 16 rods apart.
Plaintiff was a young man, living about six miles from Yernon, and had come in with a party for the purpose of taking the 5 o'clock A. m. train over the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway to attend the exposi*257t…
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