Gates v. Boston & Maine Railroad

The accident happened March 4, 1940, at a grade crossing, known as Boyce’s, in Canterbury, between 1:54 and 2:00 p.m. The weather was clear and visibility good. The railroad track was perfectly straight for at least % of a mile on each side of the crossing and ran approximately north and south. The highway for a distance of 1,200 feet as it approached the crossing was practically straight, ran from northeast to southwest and intersected the cross ing at an angle of approximately 55 degrees. The land lying northerly of the highway and easterly of the railroad track is all open grass land,…