Sgheiza v. Jakober

MILLER, J., pro tem.

This is an appeal from a judgment for $5,000 in favor of respondent, the mother and sole heir of Vito Sgheiza, her son, who was killed in an automobile accident September 14, 1931, at the intersection of two highways in Sonoma County. At the time of the death of Vito Sgheiza he was twenty-nine years of age and unmarried. He had for years contributed twenty dollars a month and some groceries towards his mother’s support, and helped her on her little farm of thirteen acres. The plaintiff had a life expectancy of 17.52 years at the time of the death of her son.

At the time of…