 | Thomas William Saunders - 1871 - 338 pages
...and shall be " brought by and in the name of the executor or ad" ministrator of the person deceased; and in every such " action the jury may give such damages as they may " think proportioned to the injury resulting from such " death to the parties respectively, for... | |
 | Montana (Ter.) - 1872 - 802 pages
...deceased person, and shall be distributed to such widow and next of kin in the proportion provided by law in relation to the distribution of personal property...every such action the jury may give such damages, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, as they shall deem a fair and just compensation, with reference... | |
 | 1902 - 588 pages
...in spirit if not in letter by the majority of the states of our union. It is, in effect, as follows: "The jury may give such damages as they shall deem...just compensation with reference to the pecuniary injury resulting from such death." In nearly every state, therefore, pecuniary loss is made the basis... | |
 | Rhode Island. Supreme Court - 1902 - 778 pages
...husband or widow, and if there be no husband or widow, to the next of kin, in the proportion provided by law in relation to the distribution of personal property left by persons dying intestate : Provided, that every such action shall be commenced within two years after the death of such person.... | |
 | 1923 - 894 pages
...give in a case of this nature where they find a verdict for the plaintiff are such damages as they deem a fair and just compensation with reference to the pecuniary injuries resulting from the death of deceased to his next of kin; their finding to be based on the evidence of the case viewed... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1889 - 798 pages
...said Nelson Brown died, then the jury should find for the plaintiff, and give her such damages as they deem a fair and just compensation, with reference...resulting from such death to the wife and next of kin of the said deceased, not exceeding $5000. "3. The court instructs the jury, that if they believe, from... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1904 - 710 pages
...of kin of such deceased person, and, in every such case, the jury may give such damages as they may deem a fair and just compensation, with reference...pecuniary injuries, resulting from such death to the widow and next of kin of such deceased person, not to exceed, however, the sum of ยง5000.00; and, if... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1906 - 714 pages
...Mill Co. v. Momssey, i11 1ll. 646, the judgment was reversed for error in giving- an instruction that the jury "may give such damages as they shall deem a fair and just compensation for the pecuniary loss resulting from such death to the widow and next of kin of the deceased, not... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1899 - 714 pages
...deceased person, and shall be distributed to such widow and next of kin in the proportion provided by law in relation to the distribution of personal property left by persons dying intestate." This act has been construed (1) that "next of kin" means those standing in that relation in a technical... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1901 - 714 pages
...into consideration all of the testimony bearing upon that question, and allow such damages as you may deem a fair and just compensation, with reference to the pecuniary injuries resulting from the death of the plaintiff's intestate, to his widow and next of kin; and in estimating the plaintiff's... | |
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... provided by law in relation to the distribution of personal property left by persons dying intestate... 
