Van Ness v. North Jersey Street Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

G-umkerb, Gi-iiee Justice.

This suit was brought by the plaintiff to recover from the defendant company the pecuniary loss sustained by the widow and next of kin of Levy Yan Ness, deceased, by reason of his death. Yan Ness was run over and killed by a trolley car of the defendant company while crossing Broad street, in the city of Newark, in front of the First Presbyterian Church, not far from the corner of Market street. The accident occurred about half-past seven at night on the 26th of May, 1906, while it was yet quite light. According to the proof…