 In a civil Court the death of a human being could not be complained of as an injury; and in this case the damages to the plaintiff's wife must stop with the period of her existence.  California Legal Record - Side 3441878Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Francis Buchanan Tiffany - 1893 - 458 sider
...only take into consideration the loss of the wife's society to the plaintiff, and his distress of mind on her account, from the time of the accident till the moment of her dissolution. He then laid down his famous proposition that, "in a civil court, the death of a human being could... | |
 | Edwin Ames Jaggard - 1895 - 700 sider
...England until 1808, when, in Baker T. Bolton,130 Lord Elleuhorough laid down his famous proposition, that "in a civil court the death of a human being could not be complained of as an injury." The law was extended in Osborne v. Gillott,181 by holding that while a master can sue for injury done... | |
 | 1896 - 772 sider
...said: "The jury could only take into consideration the injuries which plaintiff had himself sustained, and the loss of his wife's society, and the distress...the accident till the moment of her dissolution." The above is the opinion in full. Although the case was at nisi prius, it is the leading case on the... | |
 | Maryland State Bar Association - 1910 - 312 sider
...another, the taking of his life, is without a private remedy," or, as stated by Lord Ellenborough, "in a civil Court the death of a human being could not be complained of as an injury." This doctrine of substantive law had its origin in England in the technical rule of mere procedure... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1897 - 1008 sider
..."The jury could only take into consideration the bruises which the plaintiff had himself sustained, and the loss of his wife's society, and the distress...the accident till the moment of her dissolution." The above is the opinion in full. Although the case was at nisi prius it ifl the leading case on the... | |
 | J. C. Wells, Edward Warren Hines, Frank L. Wells, Horace C. Brannin, William Cromwell, William Jefferson Chinn, Walter G. Chapman, William Pope Duvall Bush, Finlay Ferguson Bush, R. G. Higdon, Thomas Robert.. McBeath - 1897 - 1286 sider
...oidy take into consideration the bruises which plaintiff had himself sustained, and the loss of hi* wife's society and the distress of mind he had suffered...the accident till the moment of her dissolution." The above is the opinion in full. Although the case was at nisi jiritix ¡t is the loading case- on... | |
 | Norman Fetter - 1897 - 874 sider
...New Mexico. § 576. COMMON- LAW RULE. It is a familiar rule of the common law that "in a civil colirt the death of a human being could not be complained of as an injury." 1 The reason of this rule is purely historical. In the early history of the Teutonic race, the slaying... | |
 | 1900 - 850 sider
...take into consideration the bruises which the plaintiff had himself sustained, and the loss of bis wife's society, and the distress of mind he had suffered...complained of as an injury; and in this case the damages to the plaintiff's wife must stop with the period of her existence." recovery of damages resulting... | |
 | Herbert Broom - 1900 - 888 sider
...The decision mainly rests upon the statement of Lord Ellenborough at Nisi Prius (t) that " in a ciril Court the death of a human being could not be complained of as an injury " ; but it may be doubted whether this statement had any basis other than the doctrine of merger which... | |
 | Seymour Dwight Thompson - 1905 - 1626 sider
...jury "they could only take into consideration the bruises which the plaintiff had himself sustained, and the loss of his wife's society and the distress...the accident till the moment of her dissolution." He said: "In a civil court, the death of a human being cannot be deceased: Baker v. Bolton, 1 Camp,... | |
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