 When the death of one is caused by the wrongful act or omission of another, the personal representatives of the former may maintain an action therefor against the latter, if the former might have maintained an action had he lived, against the latter,...  The Southern Law Review - Page 6961875Full view - About this book
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1892 - 1172 pages
...circumstances of the case, may to them seem just. " Section 717 provides: " When the death of a person is caused by the, wrongful act or omission of another,...representatives of the former may maintain an action * * * if the former might have maintained an action had he lived; • • » and the damages therein... | |
 | Indiana - 1892 - 938 pages
...present a case clearly within the statute which creates the right. The language of this section is, " when the death of one is caused by the wrongful act or omission of another, the personal representative of the former may maintain an action therefor against the latter " etc. This language... | |
 | Oregon - Law - 1892 - 1154 pages
...the latter, if the former might have Oct. 11, 18G?, 53C7. When death ensues from injury. 20 Or. 289. maintained an action, had he lived, against the latter, for an injury done by the same act or omission. Such action shall be commenced within two years after the death,... | |
 | Oklahoma. Supreme Court, Edward Bell Green, Frank Dale, John Henry Burford, Robert Lee Williams, Matthew John Kane, Howard J. Parker, Charles Winfield Van Eaton - Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 880 pages
...5282, Rev. Laws 1910, for the death of Kin Pressley, father of said minors. Said sections read : "5281. When the death of one is caused by the wrongful act...action must be commenced within two years. The damages must inure to the exclusive benefit of the widow and children, if any, or next of kin, to be distributed... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 688 pages
...The rulings on the demurrer are assigned as error. 'Section 284, supra, reads as follows : " Where the death of one is caused by the wrongful act or...action must be commenced within two years. The damages can not exceed ten thousand dollars, and must inure to the exclusive benefit of the widow and children,... | |
 | Indiana. Appellate Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 704 pages
...against the representatives of the deceased party, except actions for promises to marry." Section 284. " When the death of one is caused by the wrongful act...latter for an injury for the same act or omission." There is no doubt that under section 266, supra, an action is given to the father for an injury resulting... | |
 | Francis Buchanan Tiffany - Death by wrongful act - 1893 - 458 pages
...accrued, or, after his death, against his personal representatives. Sec. 371. When the death of a person is caused by the wrongful act or omission of another,...representatives of the former may maintain an action at law therefor against the latter, If the former might have maintained an action, had he lived, against... | |
 | Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson - Railroad law - 1893 - 712 pages
...demurrer. The rulings on the demurrers are assigned as error. Section 284, supra, reads as follows : " When the death of one is caused by the wrongful act or omission of another, the personal repreStatutory pro- i . . * ,-, • t . . %• Tiaions. seutatives of the former may maintain an action... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 1176 pages
...does not pass by assignment. 2. 2 Hill's Code, §5 703, 704, provide that when the death of a person is caused by the •wrongful act or omission of another, the personal representatives of thn former may main» tain an action at law against the latter, if the former might have maintained... | |
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