Nash v. Tousley
Decision Date | 06 May 1881 |
Citation | 28 Minn. 5,8 N.W. 875 |
Parties | NASH v TOUSLEY. |
Court | Minnesota Supreme Court |
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Appeal from judgment of district court, Le Sueur county.
S. Smith, for appellant.
Cadwell & Everetts, for respondent.
“A cause of action arising out of an injury to a person dies with the person of either party, except as provided in the next section.” Gen. St. 1877, c. 77, § 1. Id. § 2. The right of action thus given was wholly unknown to our law before the passage of these provisions of statute. It is, therefore, altogether a creature of the statute, and must be enforced (if at all) as the statute enacts, and not otherwise. The action to enforce it must, therefore, be brought by the “personal representatives of the deceased;” that is to say, by his executor or administrator. Atkinson v. Duffy, 16 Minn. 45, authorities cited; Jones v. Tainter, 15 Minn. 512; Abbott's Law Dict. “Represent.”
Order sustaining demurrer affirmed.
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