| West Virginia - Legislation - 1866 - 910 pages
...the person who, or the corporation which, would have been liable, if death had not ensued, shall bo liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the...caused under such circumstances as amount in law to murder in the first or second degree, or manslaughter. • 2. Every such action shall be brought by... | |
| Andrew Betts Brown - Engineering - 1866 - 448 pages
...recover damages against the proprietor, the relatives of a person who is killed outright cannot do so, 'although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony.' According to this, a boiler explosion in England is the less likely to damage the owner's pockets when... | |
| Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, New Jersey - Court rules - 1868 - 1198 pages
...of a person is caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default. Approved March 8, 1848. (Pam. 161.) 1. Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by...under such circumstances as amount in law to felony. 2. Every such action shall be brought by and in the names of the personal representatives of such deceased... | |
| Henry Godefroi, John Shortt - Railroad law - 1869 - 972 pages
...and recover damages in respect thereof, then and in every such case the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued shall be liable to...under such circumstances as amount in 'law to felony. Actionjote for n. And be it enacted, That every such action shall be for certain'reiations, the benefit... | |
| Punjab (India) - Civil law - 1869 - 838 pages
...the party who would have been liable if death had not ensued, shall be liable to an action or suit for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person...under such circumstances as amount in law to felony or other crime. And it is enacted further, that every such action or suit shall be for the benefit... | |
| New York (State) - Law - 1869 - 840 pages
...corporation which would have been liabl if death had not ensued, shall be .liable to an action for danu ges, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and...under such circumstances as amount in law to felony. • 24 NY, 181, 196, 471 ; 23 NY, 466; 15 NY, 434; 14 NY, 314; 32 B., 25, 145; 31 B., 261; SOB, 101,... | |
| Iowa. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1869 - 658 pages
...been liable if death had not ensued, shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding tbe death of the person injured, and although the death...caused under such circumstances as amount in law to murder in the first or second degree, or manslaughter. "SEC. 8. Every such action shall be brought... | |
| Great Britain. Courts - Law reports, digests, etc - 1869 - 720 pages
...death had not ensued, shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the perron injured, and although the death shall have been caused...under such circumstances as amount in law to felony." And by sect. 2 it is enacted, " That every such action shall bo for the benefit of the wife, husband,... | |
| 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...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 in the names of the personal... | |
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