Purinton v. Maine Central Railroad

The plaintiff has recovered a verdict of one hundred and thirty-two dollars and forty-seven cents, against *570the Maine Central Railroad Company, for damage to his furniture occasioned by the collision of a freight train with a team on which the furniture was loaded. The only question is whether the verdict is so clearly against the weight of evidence as to require the court to set it aside and grant a new trial.

We do not think it is. The collision occurred at a crossing in the town of Deering. It was in March, and the ground was bare near the railroad track, and a little distance from the track…