 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...  A Selection of Legal Maxims: Classified and Illustrated - Page 866by Herbert Broom, Herbert Francis Manisty, Charles Francis Cagney - 1884 - 978 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Tidd - 1856 - 838 pages
...and in every such case the person who, or the corporation which, would have been liable if death ha.J not ensued, shall be liable to an action for damages,...death shall have been caused under such circumstances аз amount in law to felony. Sect. 2. And be it enacted, That every such action shall be brought by... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell, Thomas Durfee - 1857 - 484 pages
...have entitled the party injured to maintain an action, and recover damages in respect thereof, then and in every such case the person who would have been...such circumstances as amount in law to felony." By section 2, it is further enacted, " That every such action shall be for the benefit of the wife, husband,... | |
 | Michigan, Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1857 - 998 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...under such circumstances as amount in law to felony. (5004.) SEC. 2. Every such action shall be brought by, andty whom unit i» - -LC .11 1 , i- f \ JJ... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas - 1857 - 572 pages
...have entitled the party injured to maintain an action, and recover damages, in respect thereof, then, and in every such case, the person who would have...be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding *^Q81 ^e *death of the person injured, and although the death shall -* have been caused under such... | |
 | Michigan, Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1857 - 828 pages
...be liable21 lln 2|s.ws. 7 16 Illinois, 658. to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of person injured, and although the death shall have...•under such circumstances as amount in law to felony. (1999.) SEC. 55. Every such action shall be brought by andAction *° *« x „ . . brought in imno... | |
 | Wisconsin - 1857 - 186 pages
...case, the person who, or the corporation which would have been liable, if death had noten. sned, shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding...death of the person injured, and although the death may have been occasioned under such circumstances as constitute an indictable offence ; Provi.. ded,... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1858 - 710 pages
...ensued. And " 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...notwithstanding the death of the person injured." In the case before us, it is established by the verdict, that the deceased came to his death by the... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1858 - 616 pages
...party injured to maintain an action, and recover damages in respect thereof, then the person, &c., who would have been liable, if death had not ensued,...an action for damages notwithstanding the death." And by the second section, this action is given to the personal representatives of the deceased person,... | |
 | John Duer, New York (State). Superior Court (New York) - 1856 - 754 pages
...to an action, 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 an action for damages." The second section of the act of 1847 was amended by the act of April, 1849, so as to read... | |
 | Alexander Ralston Tiffany - 1859 - 656 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...under such circumstances as amount in law to felony. — CL, Sec. 5003. Every such action shall be brought by, and in the names of the personal representatives... | |
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