 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - Civil procedure - 1858 - 616 pages
...death to the next of kin." It should further be observed, that the first section gives the action, " although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount, in law, to felony." Thus showing the intention to compensate the next of kin, (through the representative of the personal... | |
 | Alexander Ralston Tiffany - Justices of the peace - 1859 - 656 pages
...servants of a railroad corporation. — 1 Cash., 475. The law in this respect is changed by statute. Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by...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... | |
 | Law - 1859 - 762 pages
...damages in respect thereof, then, and in every such case, the person who would have been entitled if death had not ensued, shall be liable to an action...under such circumstances, as amount in law to felony." The meaning of the Act is, that wherever by the negligence, default, or wrongful act of another, death... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - Civil procedure - 1859 - 616 pages
...damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although Yertore, Ac. agt. Wiswall, Ac. the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony." The Code requires in every action, a statement of facts constituting the cause of action. The cause... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1860 - 658 pages
...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...under such circumstances as amount "in law to felony." The meaning of this clause plainly is this, that where, by the act of another, a death has ensued,... | |
 | John Scott, Great Britain. Court of Common Pleas - Law reports, digests, etc - 1860 - 568 pages
...be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although 1 the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony." And the 2d section enacts " that every such action shall be for the benefit of the wife, husband, parent... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 718 pages
...action and recover damages in respect thereof, then and in every such case the person who or company or corporation which would have been liable if death...under such circumstances as amount in law to felony." Appellants contend that this statute gives a right of action, in case of death, in all cases where... | |
 | William Selwyn - Nisi prius - 1861 - 874 pages
...not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action, the person, who would have been liable if death had not ensued, shall be liable to...under such circumstances as amount in law to felony. As the statute 0nly applies to cases where the deceased might, if alive, have maintained an action;... | |
 | Thomas Tapping - 1861 - 184 pages
...thereof, then and in every such case the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued is liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the...under such circumstances as amount in law to felony. The second section enacts : That every such action shall be for the benefit of the wife, husband, parent... | |
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... although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony. 
