Lane v. Boston & Maine Railroad

This is an action of tort for personal injuries arising out of a collision between a train operated by the defendant and a one-man electric trolley car operated by the plaintiff, as motorman, on a grade crossing in Worcester, on September 18, 1928. The declaration was in three counts, the first, for injury to the plaintiff arising out of the negligence of the defendant’s agents and servants, and the second, for injury by reason of the failure of those in charge of the defendant’s train to give the statutory signals as required by G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 160, § 232. The third count was waived in…