| 1875 - 870 σελίδες
...personal property of the deceased." (Kansas Gen. Stat. 1868, p. 709. ch. 80, $ 422.) Alabama. — " When the death of a person is caused by the wrongful act or omission of another, the personal representatives of the former may maintain an action against the... | |
| 1899 - 2058 σελίδες
...has been changed by statutory enactments. 6 Ene. PI. & Prac. 849. The statutes of this state provide: "When the death of a person is caused by the wrongful act or negligence of another, his heirs or personal representatives may maintain an action for damages against... | |
| Lorenzo Smith Boswell Sawyer, United States. Circuit Court (9th Circuit) - 1882 - 718 σελίδες
...nor do I think that either of these grounds of damages are within the statute. It provides, that " when the death of a person is caused by the wrongful act or omission of another," under the circumstances of this case, the personal representatives of the deceased... | |
| Vermont. Supreme Court - 1882 - 790 σελίδες
...pertinent. They are mostly cases of injury on railroads. Our statute, section 2138, is as follows: " When the death of a person is caused by the wrongful act, neglect, or default of a person, either natural or artificial, and the act, neglect, or default is... | |
| 1917 - 1212 σελίδες
...138 should be held to include only those persons who arc thereinbefore specifically mentioned, viz.: 'The widow, or widow and her children, or child or children if no widow.' " The case was directly challenged, but was passed as the settled law in Neshitt v. Northern Рас.... | |
| David Rorer - 1884 - 996 σελίδες
...of that state by which a right of action is given to the personal representatives of the deceased, " when the death of a person is caused by the wrongful act. or omission, of another," if the former could have maintained an action against the latter for the same... | |
| 1902 - 1166 σελίδες
...that the word "heirs!' in the act of 1875, repealing the act of 1869, must be restricted to mean only "widow," or "widow and her children," or "child" or "children," if no widow; that the word "heirs" has the same meaning as in section 405, Laws 1854, supra (section 4S38, Ballinger's... | |
| 1921 - 1166 σελίδες
...estate to support this action. By chapter 123 of the Laws of 1917, it is provided in section 1 that — "When the death of a person is caused by the wrongful act, neglect or default of another his persona] representative may maintain an notion for damages against... | |
| Georgia Bar Association - 1912 - 346 σελίδες
...138 should be held to include only those persons who are thereinbefore specifically mentioned, viz. : 'The widow, or widow and her children, or child or children, if no widow.' " This case was cited with approval long after Judge Gordon retired from the bench. Robinson v. B.... | |
| Isaac Grant Thompson - 1888 - 974 σελίδες
...his death almost instantaneously. 1. The statute, under which the action is brought, provides that "when the death of a person is caused by the wrongful act or omission of another, the personal representative of the former may maintain an action against the latter... | |
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