Quimby v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Case, for personal injuries. Verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant’s motions for a nonsuit and for a directed verdict were denied and the defendant excepted. The essential facts are stated in the opinion. Transferred from the September term, 1919, of the superior court by Sawyer, J.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
From the plaintiff’s evidence the following facts might reasonably be found. On the day he was injured he was working for the Parker-Young company in Lisbon driving a horse attached to a tip-cart which he had loaded with slab-wood, and was about to transport it across the defendant’s track over a private crossing which was maintained there for the convenience of the Parker-Young company. He had been engaged in this work for several days and knew that a train was due at the crossing. Before attempting to drive over the crossing, he stopped his team near it, and walking onto it looked down the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Nawn v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1914
- Weeks v. Cushman-Rankin Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1915
- Fuller v. Maine Central RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1917
- Doody v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1914
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