Hoskins v. Bangor & Aroostook Railroad

The plaintiff, a carpenter in the employ of The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company, brings this action to recover damages for injuries received on October 18, 1934, through the derailment of a gasoline-propelled section car on which he was riding from Schoodic to West Sebois to get material for repairs he was making on railroad property. It was proved and conceded at the trial that the defendant Railroad Company was a nonassenting largé employer under the Workmen’s Compensation Act and the defenses of contributory negligence of the employee, negligence of a fellow servant and assumption of…