Cox v. Detroit United Railway

Plaintiff, while a passenger in a motor vehicle, was injured in a collision between the vehicle and one of defendant’s street cars at the intersection of National avenue and Myrtle street in Detroit. He sued defendant. We quote from the declaration:

“Plaintiff further states that on the 14th day of July, 1919, he was a soldier in the army of the United States and as such was an inmate and patient at United States Army Base Hospital No. 36, in the city of Detroit, where he and numerous other soldiers were being treated for injuries and ailments consequent upon their service in the military…