Campbell's Act
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The popular name for Act 9 & 10 Vict. c. 93, by which (as amended by St. 27 & 28 Vict. c. 115) an action for damages is given for the benefit of the wife, husband, parent, grandparent, stepparent, child, grandchild and stepchild of a person whose death has been caused by a wrongful act, neglect, or default for which he himself could, if death had not ensued, have recovered damages from the wrongdoer.
Underh. Torts, 143; Campb. Neg. 20.
Similar statutes of recent enactment exist in nearly all of the states, some of which permit the personal representatives of the person killed to sue.