Legal Opinion

Hewitt v. Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided October 6, 1887PublishedCited by 29 opinions

Error to Saginaw. (Gage, J.) Case. Defendant brings error. The facts are stated in tbe opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.

The plaintiff in this case resides at East Saginaw. He is an engineer, about 53 years of age, and for many years has been in the employment of the defendant.

On the evening of April 10, 1883, he was in charge of an •engine running a passenger train from Wayne Junction to East Saginaw, on the defendant’s road, and. this had been his route during the previous eight years.

In passing County Line station on that evening his engine collided with a flat car which had, within about half an hour previous, by some means left the side track at the station, and run down onto the main line, and there…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Sullivan v. India Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
  2. Gibson v. . Erie Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1875
  3. Davis v. Detroit & Milwaukee Rail RoadMichigan Supreme Court · 1870
  4. Mad River & Lake Erie Railroad v. BarberOhio Supreme Court · 1856
  5. De Forest v. . JewettNew York Court of Appeals · 1882

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Cromer's AdministratrixSupreme Court of Virginia · 1901
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  3. Ragon v. Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1893
  4. Redmond v. Delta Lumber Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1893
  5. Indianapolis Traction & Terminal Co. v. MathewsIndiana Supreme Court · 1912

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