 | 1912 - 1080 pages
...verdict shall find and direct." supported by the preamble to Lord Campbell's act, which recites that "no action at law is now maintainable against a person...default, may have caused the death of another person." In Duncan v. Findlater (1839) 6 Clark & F. 894, Maclean & R. 911, Sir J. Campbell, AG, in his argument,... | |
 | Edward Betley Brown, L. S. Le Vernois, Esten Kenneth Williams - 1913 - 1012 pages
...moritur cum persona" applies, but is perfectly general. The premable to Lord Campbell's Act recites : " Whereas no action at law is now maintainable against...default, may have caused the death of another person, and it is oftentimes right and expedient that the wrongdoer in such cases shall be answerable in damages... | |
 | Illinois. Appellate Court, Martin L. Newell, Mason Harder Newell, Walter Clyde Jones, Keene Harwood Addington, James Christopher Cahill, Basil Jones, James Max Henderson, Ray Smith - 1913 - 724 pages
...an act passed for the purpose of compensating families of persons killed by accidents, recites that "no action at law is now maintainable against a person...default, may have caused the death of another person." It has never been held in this country, in the absence of a statute, so far as we know, that there... | |
 | Alberta. Supreme Court - 1914 - 584 pages
...moritur cum persona" applies, but is perfectly general. The preamble to Lord Campbell's Act recites: "Whereas no action at law is now maintainable against...default, may have caused the death of another person, and it is oftentimes right and expedient that the wrongdoer in such cases shall be answerable in damages... | |
 | 1914 - 1076 pages
...included or complained of as an element of damage ; and the oft-quoted recital in Lord Campbell's act. "Whereas no action at law is now maintainable against...person who, by his wrongful act, neglect, or default," etc., which, as Pigott, B., points out, is not confined to cases to which the maxim Actio personalis... | |
 | William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich - 1915 - 1240 pages
...governs.' Grounds and Prerequisites of A ction 35. In General. — Under Lord Campbell's Act an action was maintainable against a person who by his "wrongful...default" may have caused the death of another person,' and most if not all the American statutes based on this act use similar language in fixing the conditions... | |
 | William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich - 1915 - 1322 pages
...governs.* Grounds and Prerequisites of Action 35. In General. — Under Lord Campbell's Act an action was maintainable against a person who by his "wrongful...neglect or default" may have caused the death of another person,7 and most if not all the American statutes based on this act use similar language in fixing... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1916 - 1380 pages
...eommonly ealled Lord Campbell's Aet, was passed. The text of this aet is as follows: "Whereas no Aetion at Law is now maintainable against a Person who by his wrongful Aet, Negleet, or Default may have eaused the Death of another Person, and it is oftentimes right and... | |
 | New York (State). Surrogate's Court (New York County) - 1919 - 606 pages
...1846, and known as " The Fatal Accidents Act " or as " Lord Campbell's Act." That act is as follows: " Whereas no action at law is now maintainable against a person who by his wrongful act, neglect of default may have caused the death' of another person, and it is oftentimes right and expedient that... | |
 | Joseph Tatlow - 1920 - 274 pages
...certain extensions of the broad gauge Great Western Railway. Up to this time no action at common law was maintainable against a person who by his wrongful act, neglect or default caused the immediate death of another person, and an Act (known as Lord Campbell's Act), " for compensating... | |
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Whereas no action at law is now maintainable against a person who by his wrongful act, neglect, or default may have caused the death of another person, and it is oftentimes right and expedient that the wrongdoer in such case should be answerable in damages... 
