Goodwin v. Central Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Garrison, J.

The plaintiffs, who are husband and wife, sued to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the latter in a collision between the wagon in which she was seated and a train operated by the defendant. The accident happened at a public crossing and the liability of the defendant was based at the trial upon its alleged failure to give proper signals for this crossing. The trial resulted in the direction of a verdict for the defendant upon the grounds — first, that the testimony that the audible signals were not given, although…