Anderson v. Boston & Maine Railroad

The plaintiff seeks to recover for personal injuries sustained by him on the morning of August 7, 1933, as the result of a collision between an automobile driven by one Donovan in which the plaintiff was riding as a passenger and a “rail-borne motor car” of the defendant at a point in Amesbury where “Rabbit Road” crosses the railroad at grade.

This action was tried together with an action by Donovan. Both plaintiffs declared upon negligence at common law and also upon failure by the defendant to give the signals prescribed by an order of the department of public utilities made in pursuance of…