Morrison v. Boston & Maine Railroad

I. Regarding the motion for a directed verdict, the following facts may be stated. The decedent was driving a motor truck over a highway running northeasterly and was struck on a main track crossing by the defendant’s train traveling westerly. A side track some 8 feet southerly of the main track extended over the crossing, and some freight cars were standing on it. From the crossing to the nearer end of the nearest car was not less than 70 and not over 105 feet. These cars and a bush on premises south of the railroad obscured the view of the oncoming train given one traveling in the direction…