Word: sues
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...almost fatal to his widow's rights. She later brought an action under the so-called Wrongful Death Statute, and, having no remedy at common law, was forced to show that she came within the provisions of the Statute. It gave a widow the right to sue only if " no suit for damages be brought by the party injured during his or her life," and it was argued that a suit having been brought a day before the husband's death, his widow was barred. But the court held that the husband's suit must have been...
...city cannot sue a newspaper for criticizing the city's government. The Supreme Court of Illinois threw out a libel suit brought by the City of Chicago against The Chicago Tribune...
...highest court in New York-the Court of Appeals-has a second time passed upon the status of the Soviet government, officially known as the Russian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic. The latest decision is to the effect that the present government of Russia cannot sue in our courts; an earlier case, decided in January of this year, held that it could not be sued. Both rulings were made on the ground that the Bolshevik regime has not been recognized by the Department of Slate at Washington. If it had been recognized it could have brought suit, since, as a matter...