Legal Opinion
Seavey v. Boston & Maine R. R.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 20, 1952No. 4627PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.
Seavey, a citizen of Massachusetts, brought the instant action in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against the Boston & Maine Railroad, alleging it to be a corporation organized under the laws of New York, to recover for personal injuries which he alleged he sustained in a head-on collision in Vermont between a train of the defendant upon which he was riding as' a passenger and another train. The defendant answered denying negligence on its part and in addition asserting its incorporation in Massachusetts wherefore it challenged the…
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