Essam v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad

This is an action for damages for the death of the plaintiff’s decedent in a collision between a truck he was driving and one of the defendant’s trains at a grade crossing in Mystic on January 22, 1947. In a previous appeal by the defendant in this case, Essam v. New York, N.H. & H.R. Co., 137 Conn. 353, 77 A.2d 763, we ordered a new trial be cause of errors in the charge. On this second trial, the jury rendered a verdict for the plaintiff, and the trial court refused to set it aside. The defendant has appealed. The sole question on this appeal is whether the decedent was guilty of…