Austin v. Boston & Maine Railroad

The defendant’s exceptions to the denial of its motions that the verdicts be set aside have been neither briefed nor argued and are understood to have been waived. The only issues before us, therefore, are those raised by the defendant’s exceptions to the denial of its motions for nonsuits and directed verdicts.

Three claims of negligence are made by each plaintiff and these claims are alike in each case. They are that the defendant failed to give due warning by whistle and bell of the approach of the train, that it failed to maintain an adequate lookout for travelers upon the highway and that…