Dunn v. Grand Trunk Railway Co. of Canada
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions to the rulings of Gfoddard, J., of the superior court for the county of Cumberland. Case for an injury alleged to have been received in July, 1868, while being transported from South Paris to Danville Junction, through the alleged insufficiency of the track and cars of the defendants, and the careless and negligent manner in managing them.
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On exceptions to the rulings of Gfoddard, J., of the superior court for the county of Cumberland. Case for an injury alleged to have been received in July, 1868, while being transported from South Paris to Danville Junction, through the alleged insufficiency of the track and cars of the defendants, and the careless and negligent manner in managing them. There was evidence tending to show that the plaintiff entered the saloon-car attached to the defendants’ freight train, at South Paris station, for the purpose of going to Danville Junction; that the conductor saw him when the train started,…
1Opinion of the CourtAppleton, C. J.
The defendants are common carriers of passengers and freight. They may carry freight in their passenger train, or passengers on their freight train. They have a right to make all reasonable rules and regulations in the management of their business, with which those in their employ, or those making use of their means of conveyance, are bound to conform when informed of their existence.
By one of the regulations of the defendant corporation, after May 23, 1866, passengers were not “ allowed to travel by freight *192trains on that part of the line between Portland and South Paris.” The regulation was…
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