 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
 | Michigan - 1870 - 336 pages
...Corporation which would have been liable i death had not ensued, shall be liable to an action forSm *KS. damages, notwithstanding the d.eath of the person...have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony. SEC. 55. Every such action shall be brought by and Aciion io be broughi in name of... | |
 | Law - 1888 - 556 pages
...corporation, by whose wrongful act, neglect or defanlt, the death of any person shall be cansed, shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, provided the injury shall have occurred under such circumstances as that if death had not ensued, the... | |
 | United States. Internal Revenue Service - Internal revenue - 1975 - 804 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...damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured. . . . Sec. 12-612. Parties plaintiff; recovery; distribution A. An action for wrongful death shall... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. District of Columbia - 1970 - 252 pages
...recover damages in respect thereof, the person who vould 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 was caused under circumstances ranoiiritinR in law to culpable homicide. Consequently, various tort... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1975 - 1308 pages
...entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, theto ... the person who 'would have been liable if death had not ensued shall be liable for an action for damages notwithstanding the death of -the 573 Opinion of the Court and settled... | |
 | Minnesota. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 618 pages
...thereof, then and in every such case the person who, or the corporation or company 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. 7687. Measure of Recovery. In such actions the jury shall give such damages... | |
 | Minnesota. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1864 - 590 pages
...person shall bo caused by the wrongful act, * * the person who, or the corporation which would have been liable, if death had not ensued, shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding," &c. "While our statute simply provides that " when the death of one is caused by the wrongful act or... | |
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