Court Opinion

ID: 9809566
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 21:17:24.079383+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:38:09.905637
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Béown, J.,
dissenting: I concur in the opinion of the Court upon the first, second, and third issues. I dissent from the judgment of the Court upon the fourth, fifth, and sixth issues as to damage.
. Three separate issues as to damage were submitted — one for each child of the deceased. If he had left a dozen children, then, under the ruling of the Court, a dozen issues as to damage would have been submitted, so the more children the deceased left the larger the recovery. I do not think.this method of assessing damage is contemplated by the Act of Congress. The assessment should be in solid, based upon the earning power of the deceased, and one recovery allowed for all beneficiaries. The dissenting opinion of Justice Walker in Horton v. R. R 175 N. C., 488, leaves nothing to be said on the subject.