 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1976 - 602 pages
...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,...have been liable, if death had not ensued, shall be liable in an action for damages notwithstanding the death of the party injured." 2 The jury had been... | |
 | New Jersey. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 848 pages
...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,...under such circumstances as amount in law to felony." The present suit, if Vanden Berg were living, would of course fall within the described class. It mav... | |
 | Law - 1860 - 484 pages
...recover damages in respect thereof, then the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued is liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the...death of the person injured, and although the death has been caused under circumstances which amount to a felony. The action must be brought within one... | |
 | Law - 1846 - 700 pages
...action against such first-mentioned person in any of Her Majesty's Courts of Record at Westminster, and recover damages in respect thereof, then and in every such case the person so causing such death shall be liable to an action for damages resulting therefrom, notwithstanding... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1846 - 638 pages
...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, then and in every such case the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding... | |
 | Michigan - Session laws - 1847 - 1212 pages
...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,...under such circumstances as amount in law to felony. Sec. 2. Every such action shall be brought by, and in the names of the personal representatives of... | |
 | New York (State) - Law - 1847 - 470 pages
...is such as would (if death had not ensued) have enti- maintained, tied the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages, in respect thereof,...notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and althoiigh the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony. ยง... | |
 | New Jersey - Session laws - 1847 - 954 pages
...or default is such as would, if death- hud not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof,...for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injure:l, and although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to... | |
 | Herbert Broom - Parties to actions - 1847 - 232 pages
...recover *damages in L -J respect thereof, then and in every such case the person who would aave been liable if death had not ensued, shall be liable to...caused under such circumstances as amount in law to (/) Smith v. Colgay, Cm. Eliz. 384 ; and see 31 Edw. 3, st. 1, c. 11. (g) I Williams on Executors,... | |
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PL 151) provides in section 1 "that 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... 
