Pershing v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railway Co.

Defendant’s line of railway extends from east to west through the village of Ovid and intersects Gratiot street at right angles. On Sunday, June 14, 1914, while plaintiff’s intestate, Girard B. Pershing, was driving north on Gratiot street, his Ford automobile came in contact with one of defendant’s locomotives, with the result that he was thrown therefrom and so badly injured that he died within a few hours. His, widow, as administratrix, brought this suit to recover damages, and at the trial relied chiefly upon the ground of negligence, that defendant was operating its train at an excessive…