Dole v. Boston & Maine Railroad

Dot,an, J.

These are two actions of tort. In the first action the plaintiff seeks to recover for the death of her intestate. In the second action the plaintiff seeks to recover damages for injury to the motor truck owned by him which was being operated by the intestate at the time of the collision, hereinafter described. The declaration in each case is in two counts, one alleging negligent operation of the defendant’s train, the other alleging failure on the part of the defendant to give the signals required by G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 160.

The cases were tried to a jury, who specifically found, in…