Hersum v. Kennebec Water District

On exceptions to rulings of referees and to the acceptance of their report. Two cases are here considered together. In one the plaintiff as administrator of his daughter’s estate was awarded damages under two counts, one for her conscious pain and suffering and the other for pecuniary loss to her heirs as the result of her death. In the other case plaintiff was awarded damages for the medical and hospital expenses incurred by him for his daughter and for the destruction of his home and furnishings. No issue is here raised as to the amount of damages.

The referees had before them evidence which…