Line v. Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Co.

This is an action to recover damages for a personal injury. The plaintiff was injured through being struck by a train on the morning of January 11, 1899, at a highway crossing in the village of Alba, Mich. The plaintiff recovered a substantial judgment. The defendant afterwards made a motion for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of evidence. This motion was denied. The case is brought here by writ of error.

It is strenuously insisted the lower court was clearly in error in refusing to grant the motion for a new trial under the statute — counsel citing Baldwin v.…