Oregon-Washington Railway & Navigation Co. v. Yarbrough

— Charles Jennings Yarbrough, a resident of Oregon, was killed, on November 30, 1921, in that state, in a railroad collision between two trains owned and operated by the respondent, an Oregon corporation, which has no person in this state upon whom service of process can be made, so far as the *86record in this matter discloses. Under the law of Oregon,, .. -

“When the death of a person is caused by the wrongful act .... of another, the personal representatives of the former may maintain an action . . . . and the amount recovered shall be administered as other personal property of the deceased.”

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