Prosser v. West Jersey & Seashore Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Eeed, J.

This writ of error brings up a judgment of non-suit in an action brought by the plaintiff below, as administratrix for her husband, to recover damages arising from the death of her husband, which death she insists resulted from the negligent conduct of the servants of the defending railroad company.

Prosser, the plaintiff’s intestate, was employed by Henhoeffer & Yaughn, who are pile-drivers and bridge and wharf - builders. The gang of men of which Mr. Prosser was one had, on the day of the accident, been working for the defendant at Springdale,…