Northern Pacific Railway Company v. Adams
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. A statute of Idaho reads as follows :• “When the death of a person, not being a minor, is caused. by the wrongful act or neglect of another, his heirs or personal representatives may maintain an action for damages against the person causing the death; or if such'person be employed by another person who is responsible for his conduct, then also against such other person.
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CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. A statute of Idaho reads as follows :• “When the death of a person, not being a minor, is caused. by the wrongful act or neglect of another, his heirs or personal representatives may maintain an action for damages against the person causing the death; or if such'person be employed by another person who is responsible for his conduct, then also against such other person. In every action under this and the preceding section, such damages may be given as under all the circumstances of the case may be just.” Revised Statutes' of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
As the negligence of the company, found by the jury to have caused the death, as well as the resulting death took place in Idaho, the plaintiffs’ right of action rests on the statute of that State. What is the scope and meaning of that statute? The Circuit Court charged the jury:
“You are not to consider what was the duty of this carrier toward Mr. Adams who was killed, but the duty which the defendant owed to these plaintiffs; and the duty which they have the right to exact from the defendant in this case is the same duty which the defendant company owed to the public in general.”
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2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Philadelphia & Reading Railroad v. DerbySupreme Court of the United States · 1853
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- Railway Co. v. StevensSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
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- Massaletti v. FitzroyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
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- Northern Pacific R. Co. v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Donnelly v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1941
- Murrary v. . Cunard Steamship Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1923
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