Coneton v. Old Colony Street Railway Co.

This is an action of tort to recover for injuries sustained by the plaintiff while alighting from one of the defendant’s cars at or near the division line between Quincy and Brain-tree. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence the presiding judge* *29directed a verdict for the defendant. The case comes here on the plaintiff’s exceptions to the ruling thus made, and to the exclusion of certain evidence.

The accident happened on August 19, 1904, between 8 and 8.30 in the evening.. The place where the plaintiff attempted to alight was on a switch or turnout near a signal box. It was the duty of the…