Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court January 8, 1925 (Hunt v. Boston & Maine Railroad)

Pierce, J.

This is an action of tort to recover damages to a registered automobile, owned by the plaintiffs, which, they allege, were caused by the negligent driving of an engine and freight train by the servants of the defendant against the automobile while it was stalled on the tracks of the defendant’s railroad; which tracks were within the location of the railroad and crossed a public highway