Gentle, J.

1. These are two suits brought and or the provisions of the Fatal Accidents Act 1855, and by consent of all parties have been tried together as the facts in regard to both claims are identical save in respect of the damages which are claimed. In C. Section No. 96 of 1934 the plaintiff is the widow of one Venkataswami Naidu. In C.S. No. 445 of 1934 plaintiff 1 is the widow and plaintiffs 2 and 3 are the minor children of one Saman. The claims in both suits are for damages representing the loss of maintenance which the respective plaintiffs allege that they have sustained on account of the death of the two deceased who were the wage-earners of their respective families. There has been a considerable body of evidence given in these suits, none of which is very reliable and all the witnesses exaggerated in their evidence, what, I have come to the conclusion, were the real facts. 1st defendants own land in Walltax Road upon which is erected a railway station and permanent way. This is bordered on Wall-tax road by a wall of the total length of about 3,000 feet running approximately north and south. So far as this case is concerned, a small portion only of that wall is a