De Jager v. Andringa

Defendants Andringa and Datema, doing business as Andringa-Datema Bus Line, are common carriers of passengers by bus on the public highway between Grand Rapids and Grandville. The highway crosses double tracks of the defendant Pere Marquette Railway Company about a mile east of Grandville. On January 12, 1926, plaintiff was a passenger for hire in a bus driven 'by defendants’ employee. While crossing the tracks in daylight, the bus was struck by an engine pulling a passenger train and plaintiff was injured. He sued the partners and the railway company, averring that his injuries had been…