Jones v. Hedges

JOHNSON, J., pro tem.

The plaintiff, Mabel Jones, is the widow, and the eight other plaintiffs are the children, of Samuel A. Jones, who, while engaged in paving work on a highway in San Benito County, was killed on October 8, 1929, by being hit by an automobile driven by the defendant, Elizabeth M. Hedges.

The action, seeking damages for the death alleged to have been caused by negligence on the part of the defendant, was tried with a jury which rendered a verdict of $40,000 in favor of plaintiffs; and from the judgment entered in that amount, the defendant has appealed.

Besides charging error…