Martin v. Union Street Railway Co.

This action is brought by the administrator of the estate of Charles Martin to recover for his death and conscious suffering. The intestate was playing in the yard of his parents’ home. The mother testified that she saw the child every ten or fifteen minutes and had cautioned him to remain in the yard; that the last time she *371saw him was five or six minutes before the accident. The intestate was run over and killed on Sawyer Street, New Bedford, by a street car of the defendant; he was at this time four years and nine months old. There was a verdict for the plaintiff.

The single car track of…