Sigel v. Boston & Maine Railroad

The defendant railroad, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, in its thorough and searching brief, argues that its motions for nonsuits and directed verdicts should have been granted. It advances several grounds for this position, which we will take up in order.

The first is that “There is no evidence whatsoever that the Budd car’s speed of 70 miles per hour over the crossing in itself caused, or helped to cause, the accident.” The defendant says that from the moment the engineer knew or should have known that the deceased driver of the truck, Robert Wrenn, was not going to stop at the…