Legal Opinion
Gregory v. Maine Central Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 6, 1945PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
This is an action of tort for personal injuries sustained on November 15, 1940, at East Brunswick in the State of Maine. The plaintiff was employed as a construction engineer by the Morton C. Tuttle Company, which was erecting a building seven hundred fifty feet long from east to west and ninety feet wide. Under a contract with the Bath Iron Works, the owner of the building, the defendant had constructed a spur track from its main line to the east of the building, running westerly through the building to its westerly end, and was operating a freight train on the spur track for the purpose of…
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