Norris v. Detroit United Railway

The plaintiff, an unmarried woman about 24 years of age, brought this action to recover damages resulting from her falling into an excavation made by the defendant in the course of the construction of its tracks in the city of Detroit. In June, 1911, the defendant was building a track on Grandy avenue north from Gratiot avenue, in said city. One block north of Mack avenue, Grandy crosses St. Joseph street at about right angles; the latter street running east and west. Grandy avenue at this time was a paved street; St. Joseph was not. There is a depression in Grandy avenue between Alexandrine…