McKinney v. Adams

Whitfield, J.,

(After stating the facts) — This action is brought under Sections 3145 and 3146 of the General Statutes of 1906, to recover “such damages as the party entitled to sue may have sustained by reason of the death of the párty killed.” When the decedent could have recovered for her injury if her “death had not ensued,” then her administrator has a right of action under the statute, the decedent leaving no husband or minor child, nor any person dependent on her for a support. The question here is the right to recover, not the amount of the “damages * * * sustained by reason of the…