Macomber v. Nichols
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Calhoun Circuit. cited: 14 Gray, 242; 35 N. H., 257; 7 Barb., 508; 13 Barb., 658; Redf. on Ry’s, 520; 28 Mich., 32; 1 Allen, 190. cited: Congreve v. Smith, 18 N. Y., 79; Conklin v. Thompson, 29 Barb., 218; People v. Cunningham, 1 Den., 524; Bartlett v. Hooksett, 48 N. H., 18; Knight v. Goodyear Co., 38 Conn., 438; Ayer v. Norwich, 39 Conn., 376; Young v. Neto Haven, Ib., 435; Foshay v. Glen Haven, 25 Wis., 288; Morse v. Richmond, 41 Vt., 435; Pa.
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Error to Calhoun Circuit. cited: 14 Gray, 242; 35 N. H., 257; 7 Barb., 508; 13 Barb., 658; Redf. on Ry’s, 520; 28 Mich., 32; 1 Allen, 190. cited: Congreve v. Smith, 18 N. Y., 79; Conklin v. Thompson, 29 Barb., 218; People v. Cunningham, 1 Den., 524; Bartlett v. Hooksett, 48 N. H., 18; Knight v. Goodyear Co., 38 Conn., 438; Ayer v. Norwich, 39 Conn., 376; Young v. Neto Haven, Ib., 435; Foshay v. Glen Haven, 25 Wis., 288; Morse v. Richmond, 41 Vt., 435; Pa. R. R. v. Barnett, 59 Penn. St., 259; Lake v. Milliken, 62 Me., 240; Darling v. Westmoreland, 52 N. H, 401; Mahoney v. R. R. Co., 104 Mass.,…
1Opinion of the Court
Cooley, Oh. J:
This is an action on the case, in which Nichols sought to recover for an injury occasioned by his horse taking fright as he was driving along the public highway near Battle Creek about 9 o’clock in the evening of September 9, 1874. The fright was caused by an engine mounted on wheels, which the defendant was moving along the same highway by means of the steam power by which it was operated. The engine was used mainly for threshing, and was moved from place to place for that purpose. The traveled part of the highway at the place of the accident was about thirty feet in width, and…
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