Griswold v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries from being run down by an engine and tender of the defendant while the plaintiff was walking on the track of the defendant at the Reformatory Station in Concord. Writ dated January 15, 1901. In the Superior Court Fox, J. ordered a verdict for the defendant ; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtLathroP, J.
1. The plaintiff in this ease was a girl nineteen years old. On October 15,1900, she was a passenger on a train of the defendant company from Concord to Reformatory Station, and arrived there about half past five in the afternoon. It was then growing dark. Instead of going to her home by the highway, she attempted to take a short cut by going over land of the defendant, on which were two tracks, with a path between the two. One of these tracks was a spur track used for cars, and the other was a track running to the round house, where the locomotive engines were kept. While the plaintiff was…
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