Braun v. Grand Rapids, Grand Haven & Muskegon Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kent; Davis, J., presiding. Case by John M. Braun against the Grand Rapids, Grand Haven & Muskegon Railway Company for personal injuries. Judgment for defendant on a directed verdict. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
On the evening of May 12, 1912, plaintiff was a passenger on one of defendant’s interurban cars entering Muskegon. The place where he intended to leave the car was at its regular stopping place, at the intersection of Walton and Pine streets. Walton street extends east and west and intersects Pine street at right angles, and the usual stopping place of defendant’s cars was on Walton street close to the west line of Pine street. When the car was a block west of Pine street, it began to lessen its speed, and plaintiff left his seat in the car and went out on the platform and down on the last…
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