Sahms v. Marcus

John Sahms and his wife were riding north on M-13 in the early afternoon of August 27, 1925. They resided at Cooper Center, a short distance north of Kalamazoo. When they were nearing home Mrs. Sahms’ hat blew off. Mr. Sahms stopped the car and backed it on the east side of the pavement to a point opposite the hat. He then alighted, passed around the north end of his car, and proceeded to cross to the west side of the pavement where the hat was lying. Just as 'he was in the act of reaching down to get the hat, defendant, coming in a Hudson car from the south, ran into him, throwing him…