 | Canada - 1886
...(a) turns the action into an action in rem at the option of the plaintiff. Now what are the words ? ' Whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default ' — all words plainly applicable only to a person doing an act or guilty of a neglect or default,... | |
 | Michigan - Law - 1881
...be caused by Se»U)for cau*ing wrongful act, neglect, or default of any such company, or its agents, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) entitle the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, then... | |
 | Law - 1881
...act of the Legislature of New Jersey, passed March 3, 1848, it was provided: "1. Whenever tho death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, nnd tbo act, neglect or default is such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party... | |
 | Michigan - Railroad law - 1881 - 131 pages
...nprginectaorade. wrongful act, neglect, or default of any railroad company, or its j>a"y,°sfanTto agents, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would (if death dam"'blefor nad not ensued) entitle the party injured to maintain an action and tnMunp». recover damages... | |
 | Vermont. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1882
...person is caused by the wrongful act, neglect, or default of a person, either natural or artificial, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would,...an action and recover damages, in respect thereof the person or corporation liable to such action if death had not ensued, shall be liable to an action... | |
 | Wisconsin. Railroad Commissioners' Department - Railroad law - 1882
...WRONGFUL ACT, NEGLECT OR DEFAULT. SECTION 4255. Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by a wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would, if death hid not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect... | |
 | Wisconsin Railroad Commissioner Department - Railroad law - 1882
...WRONGFUL ACT, NEGLECT OR DEFAULT. SECTION 4255. Whenever the death of a person shall be caused *> ^ a •wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such— M would, if death hid not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maint Äin an action and recover... | |
 | Edmond Robert Turner - Agency (Law) - 1882 - 182 pages
...this any Person Act, Neglect, or Default, and the Act, Neglect, or Default is such as Neglect, *c., That whensoever the Death of a Person shall be caused by wrongful JJjJ™], would (if Death had not ensued) have entiiled the Party injured to "otwjthmaintain an Action... | |
 | John Worth Edmonds - Law reports, digests, etc - 1883
...action brought pursuant to a statute passed December 13, 1847, which enacted that whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect...an action, and recover damages in respect thereof, the person or corporation which would have been liable if death had not ensued, shall be liable to... | |
 | Sir John Macdonell - Gt. Brit. Laws, Statutes, etc - 1883 - 717 pages
...93 (1846). "An Act for compensating the Familiei of Persons killed by Accident*." Section 1 enacts " That whensoever the death of a person shall be caused...the act, neglect, or default is such as would (if deatli had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in... | |
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Whenever 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 damages, in respect thereof... 
