Paulette v. Boston & Maine Railroad

The plaintiff’s intestate was killed upon April 10, 1933, as the result of a collision at the Bradford Street crossing in the city of Keene, between a motor truck driven by the decedent and a passenger train of the defendant. The uncontradicted evidence demonstrated that the statutory crossing signals by whistle and bell were given and no claim to the contrary was made by the plaintiff. The case was tried upon the assumption, clearly required by the evidence, that the deceased was guilty of negligence because he “drove onto the track at a grade crossing without keeping a lookout,” and was…