Rowe v. New York & New Jersey Telephone Co.

*20The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dixon, J.

Between seven and eight o’clock in the evening of August 5th, 1899, Clarence D. W. Bowe, a boy about twelve years old, while walking along the sidewalk of Thirty-fourth street, in Bayonne, struck his foot against a wire charged with electricity and was instantly killed. This suit was brought by his administratrix to recover for the pecuniary loss resulting from his death to his mother, sister and two brothers. The jury in the 'Hudson Circuit awarded the plaintiff $5,126, and the defendants now apply for a new trial.

The wire touched by the boy…