Death by Wrongful Act: A Treatise on the Law Peculiar to Actions for Injuries Resulting in Death, Including the Text of the Statutes and an Analytical Table of Their Provisions

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Contents

Imputed negligence in action for death of child
68
Contributory negligence of beneficiariesIn general
69
Same In action by beneficiaries
70
SameIn action by personal representative
71
Same Where some but not all beneficiaries are negligent
72
Instantaneous death
73
Colorado 941 Florida
94
Georgia
95
Indiana
96
Iowa 971 Kansas
97
CHAPTER IV
129
1481 Utah
133
Text 1484
165
Proximate cause of death
177
Death resulting from neglect of statutory duty
185
Death resulting from liquor sold by defendant
189
Felonious killing
191
CHAPTER V
194
Otherwise under some statutes
196
Widow and next of
199
Whether husband is next of
200
Posthumous child
202
Illegitimate child
204
Aliens
207
Survival of right of beneficiary
210
Assignment of right of beneficiary
215
Distribution
217
CHAPTER VI
222
Lord Campbells act 92 Alabama
223
Missouri
231
1031 Montana 104 New Mexico 1041 North Dakota
233
Pennsylvania
234
Rhode Island
235
Tennessee
236
Texas
238
1081 Washington 109 Executor or administrator
239
Foreign administrator
242
Appointment of administrator
246
Widow 113 Parents
250
Heirs 115 Guardian 116 Right to sue confined to statutory plaintiffs
251
Joinder of parties
252
Who may be sued
253
Abatement on death of wrongdoer
255
Arkansas
256
CHAPTER VII
257
Colorado
286
Death of husbandEvidence of number of children
341
Death of parent of minorLoss of education and personal training
343
Death of wifeLoss of service
346
Death of minor childLoss of service
348
Death of minor childExpectancy of benefit after majority
361
Loss of prospective gifts and inheritance
364
Loss of prospective gifts
365
Loss of prospective giftsDeath of adult child
366
Loss of prospective giftsDeath of parent of adult child
371
Loss of prospective giftsDeath of collateral relative
375
Loss of prospective inheritance
378
Rule of damages in New York
383
Evidence of pecuniary condition of beneficiaries
391
Expectation of lifeLife tables
395
Wrongful
396
Interest as damages
398
Reduction of damages
399
Discretion of juryInstructions
402
Excessive verdictReduction of amount
403
Inadequate verdict
404
Nominal damages
406
CHAPTER XI
408
CHAPTER XII
426
CHAPTER XIII
436
Action based on foreign statuteJurisdiction denied
450
1981 Action based on penal statute
455
Death on navigable waters within the state
456
Death on high seas on vessel owned in state
458
2001 Action under foreign statuteSubstantive rights
459
Who may sue under a foreign statute
461
Pleading foreign statute
464
TIFF DEATH W A 2D ED b
481
Appendix 485569
569
Table of Cases Cited 571616
571
Index 617646
7
Eden v Lexington F R
8
James v Christy
9
Shields v Yonge
10
Later American cases
11
Reason for the rule
12
Merger
13
Forfeiture
14
Actio personalis moritur cum persona
15
Public policy
Limitation of the rule 18 Right of action where death is caused by breach of contract TIFF DEATH W A 2D ED ix
Act or neglect must be such that party injured might have

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TitleDeath by Wrongful Act: A Treatise on the Law Peculiar to Actions for Injuries Resulting in Death, Including the Text of the Statutes and an Analytical Table of Their Provisions
AuthorFrancis Buchanan Tiffany
Edition2
PublisherVernon Law Book Company, 1913
Original fromHarvard University
Digitized9 May 2008
Length646 pages
  
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