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Oppenheimer v. Simpson

Supreme Court of Michigan
May 16, 1933
248 N.W. 580 (Mich. 1933)

Opinion

Docket No. 58, Calendar No. 37,131.

Submitted April 7, 1933.

Decided May 16, 1933.

Appeal from Wayne; Sample (George W.), J., presiding. Submitted April 7, 1933. (Docket No. 58, Calendar No. 37,131.) Decided May 16, 1933.

Case by Samuel B. Oppenheimer against H. Lee Simpson, for personal injuries and property damage received in an automobile accident at a highway intersection. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals. Reversed, and new trial granted.

T.P. Dickinson and Tilden M. Gallagher, for plaintiff.

Vandeveer Vandeveer, for defendant.


Plaintiff suffered personal injury and property damages in a collision of automobiles of the parties at the intersection of Third and Seward avenues, Detroit. Plaintiff was driving westerly on Seward and through the intersection and with the green light when defendant, going north on Third, drove his automobile into the intersection and against the red light and into the side of plaintiff's automobile. In a trial without a jury defendant had judgment. Plaintiff appeals.

The case is ruled by Travis v. Eisenlord, 256 Mich. 264, and is accordingly reversed, with costs, and new trial granted.

McDONALD, C.J., and POTTER, SHARPE, NORTH, FEAD, WIEST, and BUTZEL, JJ., concurred.


Summaries of

Oppenheimer v. Simpson

Supreme Court of Michigan
May 16, 1933
248 N.W. 580 (Mich. 1933)
Case details for

Oppenheimer v. Simpson

Case Details

Full title:OPPENHEIMER v. SIMPSON

Court:Supreme Court of Michigan

Date published: May 16, 1933

Citations

248 N.W. 580 (Mich. 1933)
248 N.W. 580

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