Legal Opinion
Rutherford v. Foster
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 7, 1903No. 1,892PublishedCited by 5 opinions
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This is an action by the widow and', minor children of James Anderson Foster against George Rutherford and Neill Rutherford to recover damages from them because they assaulted, battered, and killed Foster with an axe near his home in the state of Arkansas in February, 1901. The action is based on Ford Campbell’s act (St. 9 & 10 Vict. c. 93) which was enacted in the state of Arkansas in 1883. The portion of it material to the controversy in this case reads:
“Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default…
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