Gaus, Admr. v. Penna. Rd. Co.

OPINION

By THE COURT

Under the provisions of §§10509-138 and 10509-167, GC, the sections under which this action was instituted, an action for wrongful death must be brought in the name of the personal representative of the deceased person for the exclusive benefit of the surviving spouse, the children and other next of kin of the decedent, and the jury may give such damages as it may think proportionate to the pecuniary Injury resulting from such death, to the persons respectively, for whose benefit the action is brought. Funeral expenses of the decedent not being a pecuniary injury resulting…