FISSETTE v. BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD

No. 4157.

98 N.H. 136 (1953)

BERTHA E. FISSETTE, Adm'x v. BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

April 7, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Gormley, Edgar M. Bowker and Robert E. Bowker (Mr. Gormley orally), for the plaintiff.

Hinkley & Hinkley (Mr. Walter D. Hinkley orally), for the defendant.


LAMPRON, J.

There was evidence on which defendant could be found negligent. Although this was a private crossing, for the period of ten years during which the engineer had operated this train off and on he had blown four blasts of the whistle between Causeway Street (1368 feet north) and Sand Street. It was also the custom and practice of the defendant to ring the bell of the engine over that whole distance. This custom was...

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