| Thomas Johnson Michie - 1906 - 952 pages
...may give such damages as they may deem fair and just compensation (not exceeding a specified sum), with reference to the pecuniary injuries resulting from such death to the parent or next of kin,' etc., etc. In our statute, instead of these words, or words of like import,... | |
| Maine. Bureau of Industrial and Labor Statistics - 1907 - 534 pages
...both, then of her and them equally, and, if neither, of his heirs. The jury may give such damagesas they shall deem a fair and just compensation, not...pecuniary injuries resulting from such death to the persons for whose benefit such action is brought, provided, that such action shall be commenced within... | |
| New Jersey - 1907 - 850 pages
...in relation to the distribution of personal property left by persons dying intestate; and in every such action the jury may give such damages as they shall deem fair and just with reference to the pecuniary injury resulting from such death to the wife and nex... | |
| New York (State). Court of Appeals - 1907 - 594 pages
...cited, and is but a reiteration of the doctrine there enunciated. He there said : "The jury are to give such damages as they shall deem a fair and just compensation with reference to the pecuniary injuries resulting from such death. They are not tied down to any precise... | |
| Frederick Sackett - 1908 - 1032 pages
...the plaintiff, they must assess the plaintiff's damages at such sum as will be a fair compensation, with reference to the pecuniary injuries resulting from such death to the widow and next of kin of J., deceased, not exceeding the sum of $5,000.28 34— CM & St. P. Ry. Co.... | |
| Isaac Franklin Russell - 1909 - 756 pages
...Illinois declares that for wrongful death through intoxication caused by drinking at defendant's saloon "the jury may give such damages as they shall deem a fair and just com' pensation." Where deceased was a continued inebriate, whose wife had obtained a divorce, and whose... | |
| James Barr Ames, Jeremiah Smith - 1909 - 760 pages
...capacity of administrator ? of the widow and next of kin of such deceased person ; and that in every such action the jury may give such damages as they shall deem fair and just, with reference to the pecuniary injury resulting from such death to the wife and next... | |
| Joseph Henry Beale - 1909 - 648 pages
..." pecuniary injuries." A liberal scope was designedly left for the action of the jury. They are to give such damages as they shall deem a fair and just compensation with reference to the pecuniary injuries resulting from such death. They are not tied down to any precise... | |
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