Kappel v. Public Service Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, Chief Justice.

The present suit was brought by the plaintiff as administrator ad prosequendum of his wife, Amelia, to recover the pecuniary loss sustained by him and the next of kin of the decedent by reason of her death, which was caused by being struck down and run over by a trolley car of the defendant company while she was crossing Grand street at its intersection with Oliver street, in the city of Eahway. The trial resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, and the defendant has appealed from the judgment entered thereon.

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