Shine v. Wujick

These are actions of trespass on the case brought pursuant to the provisions of general laws 1938, chapter 477, as amended, now G. L. 1956, chap. 10-7, for the wrongful deaths of John W. Shine, Jr. and William J. Walsh. The cases were tried together before a superior court justice sitting with a jury and resulted in a verdict for the defendant in each case. Each case is before us on the plaintiff’s bill of exceptions to the denial of her motion for a new trial and to the refusal of the trial justice to charge the jury as requested.

It appears from the evidence that on the morning of May 17,…