Rogers v. City & County of Honolulu

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

PERRY, C. J.

This is an action at law in which the plaintiff claims of the defendant the snm of $20,000 as damages accruing to her by reason of the death of her husband, the allegation being that his death was due to injuries caused by an accident resulting from negligence of the defendant in failing to keep North King Street, a public highway, in a safe condition. It is claimed in the declaration that while the plaintiff’s husband was proceeding on a motor cycle along North King Street in a lawful and careful manner the motor cycle “struck a rut or obstruction in the…