Hines v. Stevens

This case arises by reason of a suit to recover damages from the Federal director-general, operating the Seaboard Air-Line Railway, for alleged damage to an automobile, the property of the plaintiff. The evidence was conclusive that at Dorchester, a station on the line of railroad, there was a crossing over its track; that the track was perfectly straight for several miles, and there were no obstructions to the view; that when a regular passenger-train was due to arrive and stop at Dorchester the plaintiff, who owned a garage within a very few yards of the railroad, coupled behind his Ford…