Clark v. Boston & Maine Railroad

The plaintiff, an adult in full possession of all his faculties, entered upon the defendant’s property at Nashua with the design of crossing its right of way from west to east at the Nashua station. At that point the defendant’s main line runs north and south and is double tracked, the westerly rails being used for southbound, and the easterly for northbound traffic. At the time of the accident, May 26, 1931, about quarter of seven in the morning, there was a freight train going north on the easterly tracks. The plaintiff looked north as he entered upon the westerly or southbound tracks, saw…