Rashaw v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc.

This is an action to recover for injuries received at the Welden Street crossing in the city of St. Albans on the evening of May 15, 1933. Verdict and judgment were for the plaintiff. The only exception briefed is to the refusal of the court to grant defendant’s motion for a directed verdict upon the ground of plaintiff’s contributory negligence.

This crossing is in the railroad yard 500 to 600 feet south of the passenger station. There are twelve tracks which cross the highway substantially north and south. The main line is straight for over a mile toward the south, and is the seventh track…