Beardsell v. Tilton School

The plaintiff had finished football practice on the afternoon of the accident and was attempting to enter a conveyance which the defendant had provided to transport students to and from the athletic field. Ordinarily a Concord truck, so called, was employed for this purpose, but on the day in question this truck was in the garage for repairs and a Ford dump truck was used in its place. The Concord truck was equipped with steps which could be attached to the rear. There were no steps that could be attached to the dump truck. The driver failed to let the tailboard down and the boys got in over…