Little v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Case, for negligence. Trial by jury and verdict for the plaintiff. Transferred from the April term, 1903, of the superior court by Stone, J., upon the defendants’ exceptions to the denials of their motions for a nonsuit and an order of judgment in their favor. For the general facts, see ante,p. 61.
1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.
According to the testimony, the plaintiff’s cart was twelve to fifteen feet in length, and it is a matter of common knowledge that the horses hitched to the cart would add some eight or ten feet, making the whole length of the team twenty to twenty-five feet. There was testimony that the horses were walking at the rate of about three miles an hour when crossing the track. At this rate, the team would be four and one half to five and three quarters seconds in passing over the track. The evidence also tended to prove that the car was going eight to ten miles an hour, and that when going at the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Driscoll v. West End Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Howe v. West End Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
3Cited by3 opinions
- Porto Rico Ry. Light & Power Co. v. MirandaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1932
- Gibson v. Maine Central RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1909
- Cavanaugh v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1911