Ashley v. Kilborn

On August 18,1947, at about 1:2Q p.m., Sam Ashley, plaintiff, was struck by a taxicab'owned by Bert Kilborn and driven by John Ray Johnson, defendants. Plaintiff was on the way to the Ford factory where he worked. ■ He was injured while attempting to cross Michigan avenue from the northwest to the southwest corner of its intersection with Griswold street in Detroit, Michigan. Michigan avenue runs approximately east and west, Griswold runs north and south. The intersection is one of the busiest in downtown Detroit. There are double streetcar tracks on Michigan avenue, and near the southwest…