Imus v. Ann Arbor Railroad

Plaintiff, a boy of 17 years of age, with several other boys, was coasting one winter evening on Pelch street, in the city of Ann Arbor, and while so engaged ran into defendant’s switch engine and was injured. Pelch street extends east and west, and crosses the defendant’s railway at nearly right angles. The railway is constructed in a valley, and from the point where they intersect the ground on both sides rises, within a short distance, to a considerable height. In 1903 the defendant was permitted to elevate its tracks in the city, since which time the traffic on Pelch street has passed…