Ferreira v. Honolulu Rapid Transit & Land Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

FREAR, C.J.

Tbis is an action for damages for the death of tbe plaintiff’s son, who was killed in a collision with one of the defendant’s electric cars on November 12, 1901. A verdict was rendered against the defendant, the plaintiff in error, for $3000. There' are forty-five assignments of error.

The accident occurred under the following circumstances: The plaintiff’s son Manuel, with two others, Kapena and Holt, were riding on horseback down Liliha street between Wyllie and Judd streets in Honolulu on the northerly side of defendant’s track. As the space between the…