Wray v. Garrett’s Empirical Analysis
1941
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
November 1973
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Phillips · Griffin Grocery Co. v. Scroggins · Wray v. Ferris · Tackett v. Tackett · Wray v. Garrett
Most-quoted passages
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““That a daughter of the deceased reached her majority after his death, but prior to the trial of an action for wrongful death brought by the administratrix of deceased on behalf of such daughter and the widow of deceased, does not deprive her of the benefit of the presumption that by his.death she sustained substantial loss.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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