Hughes v. Gaston

The plaintiff’s intestate while in the employ, of the Central Vermont Railway Company as a section hand was injured on June 5, 1928, so that on the same day he died. • The administrator brought suit against the receivers of the company by writ dated November 4, 1929. The first count of the declaration alleged negligence of an engineer in charge of a train upon the railroad in failing to warn of its approach. The second count alleged negligence of the person in the service of the corporation entrusted with and exercising superintendence over the deceased and whose sole or principal duty was…