RUNNELLS v. MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD


190 A.2d 739 (1963)

Allison RUNNELLS v. MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

May 10, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome G. Daviau, Waterville, for plaintiff.

Pierce, Atwood, Allen & McKusick, by Jotham D. Pierce, Horace Hildreth, Jr., Portland, for defendant.

Before WILLIAMSON, C. J., and WEBBER, TAPLEY, SULLIVAN and SIDDALL, JJ.


WILLIAMSON, Chief Justice.

On appeal. This case arises from a collision between an automobile operated by the plaintiff and the defendant's train at a grade crossing at which the defendant had failed to maintain a warning sign in violation of statute. R.S. c. 45, § 73. The jury found for the defendant. By stipulation the sole issue on appeal is "the correctness of law of the instructions of the presiding justice that contributory negligence of the plaintiff would...

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