Singer, Admrx. v. Messina

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaefer,

June 30, 1933:

Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for the death of her husband, due, so she alleges, to the negligence of an employee of defendant. As the accident which caused his death took place in the State of New Jersey, she sues as administratrix ad prosequendum. The jury found a verdict in her favor. Judgment non obstante veredicto for defendant was entered by the court below. Plaintiff appeals.

On the night of December 19, 1929, plaintiff’s husband was driving a large six-wheeled truck, weighing with its load about seventeen tons, along the…