Consolidated Traction Co. v. Hone

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Van Syckel, J.

This suit was brought, under the statute, by Henry Hone, the father of Edward Hone, an infant of the age of four years and seven months, to recover the damages with reference to the pecuniary injury resulting to the plaintiff, as the next of kin, from the death of his minor child, which was caused as is alleged by the negligence.of the traction company.

The' statute upon which this suit is based provides, first, “that whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such…