Nadeau v. Trustees of New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad

On October 1,1937, the defendants, as “Trustees of the Property of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company,” were in control of “Yard 5” and “Pier 4” at South Boston. “Yard 5” contained a large number of parallel tracks most of which ended at Northern Avenue. “Pier 4” was on the opposite side of Northern *718Avenue. The tracks in the yard were so spaced as to leave between them at intervals driveways twenty-five or more feet in width. The Weyerhaeuser Sales Company, which had an office on “Pier 4,” had made some arrangement with the defendants by which when lumber consigned to it was…