Ransom v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.

Citations

• 93 Ohio St. (N.S.) 223

Syllabus

<p>Actions — Damages for wrongful death — Right of adopting parents — Sections 8029, 8030 and 10772, General Coda — 35 U. S. Stats, at Large, 65 — Rule of statutory construction.</p> <p>1. Under the federal statute for the recovery of damages for wrongful death by personal representatives, and also the'Ohio •statute to the same effect, the words “parents” and “children” are used without limit or qualification, and include adopting parents and adopted children as well as natural parents and natural children.</p> <p>2. In applying these statutes the courts should give effect to -the sound and wholesome humanitarian policies designed to be promoted by their enactment.</p>