Kierce v. Central Vermont Ry. Inc.

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

These actions arise out of a collision between two trains which occurred near *200Fitchville Junction, Conn., on the single-track line of the defendant. Kierce was the conductor and Pearson the engineer of a passenger train known as train No. 1, which left New London, Conn., on July 6, 1932, on its regularly scheduled run for Brattleboro, Vt It arrived at Yantic, Conn., on time at 4:10 p. m. Prior to its arrival, the railroad telegraph operator at Yantic had received an order from the railroad dispatcher at New London that train No. 1 was to take a siding at Fitchville…