Standard Oil Co. v. Sutherland
Standard Oil Co. v. Sutherland
Opinion of the Court
An action was commenced by the administratrix in the Wayne county circuit court, Michigan, and removed to the court below on petition of defendant company. On the evening of December 19, 1913, the plaintiff’s decedent, Phyllis Sutherland, was injured by a horse-drawn truck of defendant, and shortly after the injury she died. The injury occurred on Eincoln avenue at its junction with Baltimore avenue, Detroit, Mich. The action was to recover damages occasioned by the decedent’s injury and death, and, as ultimately formulated, was rested solely on one count of the declaration embracing the provision of the survival act of Michigan- “for negligent injury to persons”; issue being joined by the usual plea. The cause was tried to the court and jury and resulted in a verdict and judgment of $5,500 for plaintiff. The defendant brings error.
At the close of all the testimony the defendant requested the court to- charge the jury as matter of law (a) that there was no evidence of negligence on the part of defendant; (b) that the “deceased was guilty of such contributory negligence * * * as would bar her from recovering had she survived, and * * * her administratrix is equally barred”; and hence that the verdict must be no
We conclude that the judgment must be affirmed, and an order will' be entered accordingly.
Reference
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- STANDARD OIL CO. v. SUTHERLAND
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