McKay v. Boston & Maine Railroad

This is an action of tort to recover for personal injuries received by the plaintiff while riding on the platform of a car of one of the defendant’s trains when it was entering its station in Lynn. The plaintiff testified that he boarded the train at Salem; that there were four cars in the train, and he entered the third car from the end and occupied the fourth or fifth seat from the rear of the ear. He further testified that the brakeman called “Lynn” when the train was pulling into that station and was slowing down; that he walked to the door, stepped out on the platform and took hold of…