Memphis & Cincinnati Packet Co. v. Pikey
Indiana Supreme Court
Erom the Dearborn Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtMonks, J.
This action was brought in Dearborn Circuit Court by the appellee, a foreign administratrix, against appellant, a foreign corporation, to recover damages for the death of Charles Pikey, under section 284, R. S. 1881, section 285, R. S. 1894, which is as follows : ‘ ‘ When the death of one is caused by the wrongful act or omission of another, the personal representatives of the former may maintain an action therefor against the latter, if the former might have maintained an action, had he lived, against the latter for an injury for the same act or omission. The action must he commenced within…
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