Prosser v. West Jersey & Seashore Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, Chief Justice.

This action was brought to recover the pecuniary loss sustained by the widow and next of kin of Henry Prosser, deceased, who was killed near Haddonfield on the 12th of August, 1902. At the time of his death he was an employe of the firm of Henhoeffer & "Vaughn, contractors engaged in the work of repairing bridges along the lines of the defendant company’s railroads. In the prosecution of that work they used a pile driver, which had been installed upon a flat car furnished to them for the purpose by the defendant company. As…