Baryluk v. United Electric Railways Co.

DECISION.

CHURCHILL, J.

Heard on motion for a new trial filed by the defendant after a verdict for the plaintiff for $14,263 in an action of negligence.

The plaintiff, a man 52 years of age, was in collision with a motor bus operated by the defendant on the Mendon Road south of Woonsocket about 7:30 P. M., February 26, 1931. At the time of the accident the night was clear, the roadway dry and free from traffic in the vicinity. The accident happened on the right hand side of the road looking south. At that point the cement portion of the road is 20 feet wide with a tarvia shoulder about 7 feet in…