Be it therefore enacted, that whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover... The New-York Legal Observer - Page 345edited by - 1847Full view - About this book
| New Jersey. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 848 pages
...respect thereof, then and in every such case the person who, or the corporation which, would have been liable if death had not ensued, shall be liable to...have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony." The present suit, if Vanden Berg were living, would of course fall within the described... | |
| Law - 1846 - 700 pages
...case the person so causing such death shall be liable to an action for damages resulting therefrom, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and...have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to the offence of manslaughter. 2. Action to be for the sole benefit of the heirs to the personal... | |
| Law - 1860 - 484 pages
...recover damages in respect thereof, then the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued is liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the...death of the person injured, and although the death has been caused under circumstances which amount to a felony. The action must be brought within one... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1846 - 638 pages
...entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, then and in every such case the person who would have been liable...have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony. u. That every such action shall be for the benefit of the wife, husband, parent,... | |
| Law - 1847 - 578 pages
...entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, then and in every such case the person who would have been liable,...have been caused under such circumstances as amount iu law to felony." By the second section it is enacted, " that every such action shall be for the benefit... | |
| Sir William Hodges - Railroad law - 1847 - 1160 pages
...(if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to recover damages in respect thereof, in every such case the person who would have been liable...although the death shall have been caused under such (d) Janets. Boyce, 1 Stark. R. 493. and it became their duty to use due (*) Carpue v. The London and... | |
| Michigan - Session laws - 1847 - 1212 pages
...respect thereof, then and in every such case, the person who, or the corporation -which would have been liable, if death had not ensued, shall be liable to...have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony. Sec. 2. Every such action shall be brought by, and in the names of the personal representatives... | |
| Herbert Broom - Parties to actions - 1847 - 232 pages
...recover *damages in L -J respect thereof, then and in every such case the person who would aave been liable if death had not ensued, shall be liable to...have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to (/) Smith v. Colgay, Cm. Eliz. 384 ; and see 31 Edw. 3, st. 1, c. 11. (g) I Williams on Executors,... | |
| New York (State) - Law - 1847 - 470 pages
...respect thereof, then and in every such case, the person who, or the corporation which would have been liable, if death had not ensued, shall be liable to...notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and althoiigh the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony. ยง... | |
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