Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1879

Bowser v. Wellington

Bowser v. Wellington
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided March 7, 1879
126 Mass. 391; 1879 Mass. LEXIS 271

Bowser v. Wellington

Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

The decisions as to the degree of care required at a railroad crossing are not applicable to this case. Lynam v. Union Railway, 114 Mass. 83. It was for the jury to judge v hether the plaintiff should have looked behind him when crossing the street, and whether, under all the circumstances, he used proper care. Schienfeldt v. Norris, 115 Mass. 17.

JExceytions overruled.

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