TARASEWICZ v. BOWKER


5 N.J. Super. 399 (1949)

69 A.2d 350

GENEVIEVE TARASEWICZ, ADMINISTRATRIX, ETC., AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. ERNEST BOWKER, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided November 22, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert Peacock argued the cause for plaintiffs-appellants.

Mr. Warren Douglas argued the cause for defendant-respondent (Messrs. Starr, Summerill & Davis, by Mr. Sidney P. McCord, Jr., attorneys).

Before Judges JACOBS, DONGES and BIGELOW.


The opinion of the court was delivered by BIGELOW, J.A.D.

This is a statutory action for damages arising from death by wrongful act. R.S. 2:47-1 et seq. A verdict was directed for defendant, and the plaintiff appeals.

Helen Tarasewicz, fifteen years old, was one of a group of girls, twelve or more in number, who were walking along a country road near Pemberton, going for a swim, when the defendant, whom most of them knew, came by in his five...

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