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 for... The Southwestern Reporter - Page 4021905Full view - About this book
| 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 - 1892 - 1164 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,... | |
| Indiana. Appellate Court - 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... | |
| Oklahoma. Supreme Court, Edward Bell Green, Frank Dale, John Henry Burford, Robert Lee Williams, Matthew John Kane, Howard J. Parker, Charles Winfield Van Eaton - 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...latter for an injury for the same act or omission. The action must be commenced within two years. The damages must inure to the exclusive benefit of the... | |
| 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 - 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...latter for an injury for the same act or omission. The action must be commenced within two years. The damages can not exceed ten thousand dollars, and... | |
| Francis Buchanan Tiffany - 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 - 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 1893 - 1288 pages
...omission of anothar, the personal representatives of the former may maintain an action at law against cbe latter, if the former might have maintained an action had he lived," etc. officers of the land office, nnd, of conrse, directly affected the estate of the assignors, and... | |
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