Legal Opinion
Whitford v. . the Panama Railroad Company
New York Court of Appeals
Decided September 5, 1861PublishedCited by 158 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
It has been made a question whether a father who has been deprived of the services of a child, or a husband who has lost the society and assistance of his wife, by acts of culpable negligence on the part of others, by means of which death has ensued, may not respectively maintain actions against the wrongdoer to recover damages for such an injury. Several of the cases in which that question has been discussed are referred to in Green v. The Hudson River Railroad Company (28 Barb., 9); and the opinion of the Supreme Court in that case itself examines the point with care and ability. The…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bank of Augusta v. EarleSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
- United States v. BevansSupreme Court of the United States · 1818
- Green v. Hudson River Rail RoadNew York Supreme Court · 1858
- Grayson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1796
- Crowley v. Panama Rail RoadNew York Supreme Court · 1859
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3Cited by158 opinions
- Vanity Fair Mills, Inc. v. The T. Eaton Co. Limited and John David EatonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Kilberg v. Northeast Airlines, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1961
- Van Beeck v. Sabine Towing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- George v. Mt. Sinai HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- Leonard v. . Columbia Steam Navigation Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
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