Butler v. Detroit, Ypsilanti & Ann Arbor Railway

September 16,1900, plaintiff was riding on the rear platform of one of defendant’s cars. Upon the platform was one Miller. It is the claim of the plaintiff that Miller and the conductor got into an altercation, when the conductor called the motorman to his aid, and that not only Miller, but the plaintiff, was thrown off the car, and plaintiff received injuries for which this action was brought. It was the claim of the defendant that it was Miller, and not its employés, who pulled the plaintiff from the platform. The jury returned a verdict for $1,900. Amotion was made for a new trial, which…