Case Name: The Wellston Iron Furnace Co. v. Harvey Rinehart
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1923
Citations: 1 Ohio Law Abs. 453
Docket Number: No. 17750
Parties: The Wellston Iron Furnace Co. v. Harvey Rinehart.
Judges: Marshall, C. J., Robinson, Matthias, Day and Allen, JJ., concur.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 1
Pages: 453–453

Head Matter:
No. 17750
The Wellston Iron Furnace Co. v. Harvey Rinehart.
Error to the Court of Appeals of Franklin county.
STATUTES — (1) AH are remedial in their nature— Liberal construction of — (2) Survival of causes of action, after death of injured person.

Opinion:
WANAMAKER, J.
1. All statutes relating to procedure are remedial in their nature and should be liberally construed and applied to effect their respective purposes.
2. A cause of action for personal injury survives the death of the injured party, and all the rights, privileges, incidents and options which the injured party may have had in his life-time insure to the benefit of his personal representatives or next of kin, respectively, unless the statutes clearly provide otherwise.
Judgment affirmed.
Marshall, C. J., Robinson, Matthias, Day and Allen, JJ., concur.