Meyette v. Canadian Pacific Railway Co.

This is an action to recover damages received in a railroad crossing accident which happened in December, 1936, in the village of Lyndonville.

The crossing is in the easterly part of the business section of the village. The rails of the main line of the defendant run approximately north and south. The crossing is 38 feet long (north and south) and 6 feet wide. . It had no warning bell nor gates but there was the usual crossing sign.

Depot Street, which runs east and west, intersects the crossing at right angles. East of the crossing Williams Street intersects Depot Street but at a varying…