Grand Trunk Western Railroad v. City of Detroit

Butzbl, J;

Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company, plaintiff, brought suit against the city of Detroit claiming implied indemnity for the sum of $13,174.20 which plaintiff paid its employee,' Kenneth S. Tasker. Defendant had caused a sign to be attached to a utility pole which was contiguous to plaintiff’s track where it crossed St. Aubin street in the city of Detroit. It was a “No Left Turn” sign, 32 inches by 40 inches in size and was attached to the pole some 11 feet from the ground, the edge of the sign being 7.1 feet from a perpendicular rising from the center line of the track at a point…