Trask v. Boston & Maine Railroad

These are five actions of tort to recover for personal injuries caused to the plaintiffs by collision between an automobile in which they were travelling and freight cars of the defendant standing motionless upon a spur track which *412crossed Enon Street in North Beverly. The actions were tried together.*

It is agreed that Enon Street is a public highway; that the defendant had a legal right to maintain the spur track; that the automobile was properly registered; and that the freight cars were owned and operated by the defendant.

At the place of the accident two spur tracks parallel with each…