 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...  Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of ... - Page 598by 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 - 1861Full view - About this book
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1912 - 1174 pages
...Cook v. Topeka, 75 Kan. 534. 90 Рас. 244. The statute under which this action is brought provides: "When the death of one is caused by the wrongful act...latter for an injury for the same act or omission." Gen. St. 1909, § 6014. A later statute allows the widow to maintain the action In her own name in... | |
 | Indiana. Appellate Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1912 - 824 pages
...supra, must be construed in connection with §285 Burns 1908, Acts 1899 p. 405, which is as follows: "When the death of one is caused by the wrongful act...the former might have maintained an action, had he or she (as the case may be) lived, against the latter for an injury for the same act or omission. The... | |
 | Appellate courts - 1901 - 822 pages
...$5,000, imposed by the second section of the damage act of that state. The Kansas statute provides that, "when the death of one Is caused by the wrongful act...representatives of the former may maintain an action therefor." "The damages cannot exceed $10,000, and must inure to the exclusive benefit of the widow and children,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1921 - 1214 pages
...of the statutes (Revised Laws of Oklahoma 1910) applicable to this ease are as follows: "Sec. 5281. When the death of one is caused by the wrongful act...may maintain an action therefor against the latter, the right to maintain this action. The death of the widow did not limit the liability of the railway... | |
 | Missouri. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1922 - 862 pages
...Statutes of Kansas for 1909, as follows: "Action for death by lorongful act; limitations; damages. When the death of .one is caused by the wrongful act...maintained an action had he lived, against the latter for injury for the same act or omission. This action must be commenced within two years. The damages cannot... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1922 - 1044 pages
...February 23. 1888. Tbe action was founded on section 284 of the Revised Statutes of Indiana, providing: " 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, if tbe former might... | |
 | Maritime law - 1924 - 960 pages
...one of the courts of common pleas of Indiana, under a statute of that State, which provides, 'that when the death of one is caused by the wrongful act...latter for an injury for the same act or omission.' " It is apparent that the Indiana statute is substantially the same as that of Rhode Island and did... | |
 | United States - Constitutional amendments - 1924 - 940 pages
...parties for marine torts resulting in the death of the persons injured, a State statute providing " that when the death of one is caused by the wrongful act...latter for an injury for the same act or omission," applies, and, as thus applied, it constitutes no encroachment upon the commercial power of Congress.... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 1072 pages
...Alaska (Act June 6, 1900, c. 786, 31 Stat. 392) provides as follows : ' "When the death of a person is caused by the wrongful act or omission of another,...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,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 1068 pages
...defendants in error. In the year 1808 the legislature of the state of Kansas enacted the following statute: "When the death of one is caused by the wrongful act...former might have maintained an action had he lived, for an injury for the same act or omission. The action must be commenced within two years. The damages... | |
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