 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1847 - 638 pages
...default, and that the act, neglect or default is such 20 as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action, and recover damages in respect thereof, then and in every such case such Inspector shall report thereon accordingly to C ne of Her Majesty's Principal... | |
 | Sir William Hodges - 1847 - 1160 pages
...extended by the statute 9 & 10 Viet. c. 93(/). Sect. 1 of this statute enacts, that, wheresoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default, such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to recover damages in respect... | |
 | Michigan - 1848 - 544 pages
...enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- cause of K tion defined. /i'ce-s of the State of Michigan, Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by...action, and recover damages, in respect thereof, then and in every such case, the person who, or the corporation which would have been liable, if death had... | |
 | 1848 - 558 pages
...should be answerable in damages for the injury so caused by him, enacts, " That whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect,...action, and recover damages in respect thereof, then, and in every such case, the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued shall be liable... | |
 | Canada - 1848 - 944 pages
...enacted by the authority of the same, That whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by ttc^ wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default, is such as would (if damages for death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and reco- any... | |
 | Joshua Williams - 1848 - 402 pages
...be caused by such wrongful act, neglect or default, as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, the wrong-doer shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured,... | |
 | 1848 - 566 pages
...hundred dollars. We do not know but this verdict was legal and right, but we have doubts. The law says, " Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act," &c. Can an insane man commit a wrong/ill act in the sense that the law contemplates ? Besides, insane... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell - 1849 - 808 pages
...statute 9 and 10 Viet. c. 93. By section 1 of that act, it is enacted, that " whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect,...action, and recover damages in respect thereof, then and in every such case the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued, shall be liable... | |
 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - 1849 - 710 pages
...fares below three cents.* By an act passed in 1847, as amended at this session, it is enacted: — Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by...and the act, neglect, or default, is such as would (had death not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action, and recover damages in... | |
 | 1849 - 716 pages
...fares below three cents.* By an act passed in 1847, as amended at tliis session, it is enacted: — Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by...and the act, neglect, or default, is such as would (had death not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action, and recover damages in... | |
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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... 
