Noce v. United Railroads

NEEDHAM, J., pro tem.

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs are the widow and minor children of one David Noce, and they recovered damages in the sum of $20,000, awarded them by the verdict of the jury in an action wherein they allege that the death of David Noce was caused by the negligence of the defendant.

This is the second trial of this' case, a former judgment in favor of the plaintiffs having been reversed by this court upon appeal upon the ground that the trial court gave improper instructions to the jury. The former case upon…