Dover, Somersworth & Rochester Street Railway Co. v. Wentworth

The plaintiff’s claim depends upon the validity of its principal contention that in the carriage of the employees of the Plant corporation the defendant Wentworth is engaged in the business of a common carrier within the terms of P. L., c. 258, s. 1. Authorities from jurisdictions construing statutes dissimilar in form or purpose can be of little aid. The meaning of our statute as applied to the facts here is not an open question.

As originally enacted the section provided: “Every person, firm or corporation operating any motor vehicle other than a street car upon any public street or way in…