Ramsdell v. Burke

This case comes forward on exceptions to the confirmation of a report of referees by a Justice of the Superior Court. The action was brought under the so-called death liability statute, or Lord Campbell’s Act, R. S., 1930, c.101, §§ 9, 10. It was heard by referees who found for the defendant, and judgment was rendered in his favor.

Henry F. Ramsdell, the intestate, came to his death by reason of an automobile accident occurring September 24, 1941. On the evening of that day he was afoot, crossing Brighton Avenue in Portland, as a point near its intersection with Capisic Street, when a…