Boothby v. Grand Trunk Railway
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Case, for injuries received by reason of the defendants’ failure to keep at Berlin a passenger depot reasonably sufficient for the accommodation of the public.
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Case, for injuries received by reason of the defendants’ failure to keep at Berlin a passenger depot reasonably sufficient for the accommodation of the public. The plaintiff’s evidence tended to prove that on February 14, 1887, desiring to travel from Berlin to North Stratford, two passenger stations on the defendants’ road, having previously purchased a ticket for passage between these stations, he went to the defendants’ passenger station at Berlin, arriving shortly before 4:25 a. m., the hour at which, by its time-tables, the defendants advertised the departure of a train from Berlin for…
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
“Railroads having for their principal object the public accommodation, the proprietors thereof shall be bound to provide crossings, stations, and other facilities for the public.” G. L., e. 161, s. 1. There is nothing in “An act to establish a board of railroad commissioners,” c. 101, Laws 1888, repealing or modifying this provision of the General Laws, while the opposite intent appears from s. 10 of the same act, that “ no request or advice of the board shall impair in any manner the legal duties and obligations of a railroad corporation, or its legal liability for the consequences of its…
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