RAILROADS - VIOLATION OF ORDINANCE LIMITING THE OBSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAYS BY TRAINS - COLLISION AT CROSSING - PROXIMATE CAUSE

Authors

Michigan Law Review, University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

Plaintiff was injured, when an automobile in which she was a passenger, was driven into a freight train standing across a highway on a misty night. This train had been obstructing the crossing for more than five minutes, in violation of a state statute. Plaintiff sued the railroad, alleging negligence in violating the statute. On appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff, held that plaintiff had made no case, and that the judgment should be reversed without a new trial, and with costs to the defendant. Simpson v. Pere Marquette Ry., 276 Mich. 653, 268 N. W. 769 (1936).

Recommended Citation

Michigan Law Review, RAILROADS - VIOLATION OF ORDINANCE LIMITING THE OBSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAYS BY TRAINS - COLLISION AT CROSSING - PROXIMATE CAUSE, 35 Mich. L. Rev. 689 (1937).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol35/iss4/25