Ames v. Adams

Philbrooic, A. R. J.

This action is brought under the provisions of Secs. 9 and 10 of R. S., Chap. 92, commonly known to the legal profession as Lord Campbell’s Act, which by the former section provides that “Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, then, and in every such case, the person who, or the corporation which, would have been liable, if death had not ensued, shall be liable…