 Every such action shall be brought by and in the names of the personal representatives of such deceased person, and the amount recovered in every such action shall be for the exclusive benefit of the widow and next of kin of such deceased person...  Laws of the State of New York - Page 576by New York (State) - 1847Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1858 - 710 pages
...involves a construction of the act conferring this new and unusual right of action. The action is given for the exclusive benefit of the widow and next of kin of such deceased person, and the recovery, when had, is to be distributed to such widow and next of kin, in the proportion provided... | |
 | Alexander Ralston Tiffany - Justices of the peace - 1859 - 656 pages
...the names of the personal representatives of such deceased person, and the amount recovered in any such action, shall be for the exclusive benefit of...distributed to such widow and next of kin in the proportions prescribed by law in relation to the distribution of personal property, left by persons dying intestate... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - Civil procedure - 1859 - 618 pages
...loss by reason of the death of such person. When it is asserted that section two declares that " the amount recovered in every such action, shall be for...the widow and next of kin of such deceased person," it must be remembered that there may be next of kin to the deceased person, who could have no legal... | |
 | Kansas - Session laws - 1859 - 726 pages
...shall be brought by and in the name of the personal representatives of such deceased person, and the amount recovered in every such action shall be for the •exclusive benefit of the widow, if there be one, and next of kin of such deceased person, and shall be distributed to such widow and... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - Civil procedure - 1859 - 616 pages
...brought in the name of the personal representatives of the deceased person, and that the amount recovered shall be for the exclusive benefit of the widow and next of kin of the deceased ; and the jury may give such damages, not exceeding five thousand dollars, as they shall... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 724 pages
...shall be brought by and in the names of the personal representatives of the deceased person, and the amount recovered in every such action shall be for...the widow and next of kin of such deceased person, with this proviso : "That no action shall be brought or prosecuted in this State to recover damages... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1913 - 710 pages
...provision under the new act gives a right of action to the personal representative of the person killed for the exclusive benefit of the widow and next of kin of such person, and to any other person or persons who before such loss of life were dependent for support... | |
 | California - Session laws - 1862 - 704 pages
...shall be brought by and in the names [of] the personal representatives of such deceased person, and tho amount recovered in every such action shall be for...personal property left by persons dying intestate; and in every such action, the jury may give such damages, pecuniary and exemplar}-, as they shall deem... | |
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