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WARD v. JONES

Docket No. L.A. 22092.

39 Cal.2d 756 (1952)

249 P.2d 246

AILEEN MARY WARD et al., Appellants, v. A.B. JONES et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 24, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Mayers and Lawrence William Steinberg for Appellants.

Ray L. Chesebro, City Attorney (Los Angeles), Gilmore Tillman, Chief Assistant City Attorney, Wendell Mackay and A.L. Lawson, Deputy City Attorneys, for Respondents.

SHENK, J.

This is an action for damages for wrongful death as authorized by section 377 of the Code of Civil Procedure. That section provides that "when the death of a person ... is caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another, his heirs ... may maintain an action for damages against the person causing the death ..."

The plaintiffs are the widow and minor children of Joseph T. Ward, deceased. The complaint, later...

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