In a civil Court, the death of a human being could not be complained of as an injury; and in this case the damages as to the plaintiff's wife must stop with the period of her existence. The Canadian Law Times - Page 2231900Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| Joseph Kinnicut Angell - 1849 - 808 pages
...only take into consideration the bruises which the plaintiff had himself received, and the loss of his wife's society, and the distress of mind he had suffered...of the accident till the moment of her dissolution. The damage, in other words, as to the plaintiff's wife, must stop with the period of her existence.1... | |
| Joseph Kinnicut Angell - 1851 - 836 pages
...only take into consideration the bruises which the plaintiff had himself received, and the loss of his wife's society, and the distress of mind he had suffered...of the accident till the moment of her dissolution. The damage, in other words, as to the plaintiffs wife, must stop with the period of her existence.1... | |
| Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1868 - 610 pages
...take into consideration the bruises which the plaintiff himself had sustained, and the loss of his wife's society, and the distress of mind he had suffered on her account from the time of the accident to the moment of her dissolution." "In a civil court, the death of a human being could not be complained... | |
| Robert D. Handy, John H. Handy - 1855 - 638 pages
...reported. In the latter year, Lord Ellenborough held in Baker vs. Bolton and others, 1 Camp. 493, "that in a civil court the death of a human being could not be complained of as an injury," and therefore the plaintiff's claim to damages for the loss of his wife, must stop with the period of her... | |
| Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1859 - 720 pages
...they could only take into consideration the bruises inflicted on the plaintiff, and the loss of his wife's society, and the distress of mind he had- suffered...account, from the time of the accident till the moment of dissolution. " In a civil court," he adds, " the death of a human being could not be complained of... | |
| Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1859 - 616 pages
...the loss of his wife's society, and the distress of mind he had Green agt. The Hudson River RR Co. suffered on her account from the time of the accident till the moment of dissolution. "In a civil court," he adds, "the death of a human being could not be complained of as... | |
| Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1865 - 646 pages
...could take into consideration only the bruises which the plaintiff had sustained, and the loss of his wife's society, and the distress of mind he had suffered on her account, from the time of the accident to the time of her death. And he announced the principle of his decision, in these words : " In a civil... | |
| Georgia. Supreme Court - 1872 - 790 pages
...the homicide of his wife. In Baker vs. Bolton, 1st Campbell's Reports, 493, Lord Ellenborough said, " In a civil Court, the death of a human being could...complained of as an injury; and, in this case, the damages, as to the plaintiff's wife, must stop with the period of her existence." This declaration of Lord Ellenborough,... | |
| Conway Robinson - 1858 - 804 pages
...take into consideration the bruises which the plaintiff had himself sustained, and the loss of his wife's society, and the distress of mind he had suffered...complained of as an injury, and in this case the damages as to the plaintiff's wife must stop with the period of her existence." Baker v. Bolton 4*c. 1 Camp.... | |
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