Lenkewicz v. Wilmington City Railway Co.
Superior Court of Delaware
■ Action on the.Case (No. 58, September Term, 1906) by the father and administrator of Waclaw Lenkewicz, deceased, to recover damages for the death of his said son, alleged to have been occasioned through the negligence of the defendant company; it being conceded that the défendant company had-, double tracks on Maryland Avenue, in the City of Wilmington, to, and a short distance beyond Stroud Street; that the cars of the-defendant company pass each other on the Avenue going…
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■ Action on the.Case (No. 58, September Term, 1906) by the father and administrator of Waclaw Lenkewicz, deceased, to recover damages for the death of his said son, alleged to have been occasioned through the negligence of the defendant company; it being conceded that the défendant company had-, double tracks on Maryland Avenue, in the City of Wilmington, to, and a short distance beyond Stroud Street; that the cars of the-defendant company pass each other on the Avenue going in-opposite directions; also that Waclaw Lenkewicz was a passenger’ on an out-bound car of the defendant company, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Boyce, J.,
charging the jury:
Gentlemen of the jury:—Andrew Lenkewicz, the father and administrator of Waclaw Lenkewicz, deceased, seeks, by this action, to recover from the Wilmington City Railway Company damages for the death of his son, which he alleges was occasioned by the negligence of the defendant company, on the fifth day of June, A. D. 1906, in operating one of its electric cars on Maryland Avenue near Stroud Street, in this City.
The declaration filed by the plaintiff contains nine counts. By these counts it is charged in substance that the defendant company negligently and carelessly…
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