724 LIABILITY OF INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS, ETC. [ART. 67.

XV.—LIABILITY OF INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS
FOR WRONGFUL ACTS, NEGLECT, OR DEFAULT, CAUSING
THE DEATH OF A PERSON.

	1. Action to recover damages for death caused 3 Bill of particulars.
Art. 66, s 1. 1852, e 299, s 1. Action to re- cover damages for deal h causef	by negligence. 4 Meaning of words , liability of corporations 2 How and for whose benefit action brought; for acts of agents apportionment of damages, limitation.
by negligence 21 Md 175 , 24 Md 84, 103, 271 29 Md 252,460, 30 Md 47, 179 , 31 Md 191,357, 32 Md 411, 33 Md 542, 35 Md 32, 36 Md 619 , 87 Md 156 , 88 Md 568, 688 , 39 Md 329,433,574, 42 Md 117, 43 Md 584, 45 Md 411 47 Md. 76.	1. Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by the wrong- ful act, neglect, or default, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, the per- son who would have been liable if death had not ensued, shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony.
Id s 2 1852, s 299, s 2 How, and for whose benefit action brought	2. Every such action shall be for the benefit of the wife, husband, parent, and child of the person whose death shall have been so caused, and shall be brought by and in the name of the State of Maryland, for the use of the person entitled to damages, and in every such action the jury may give such damages as they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from such death to the parties respectively for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be
Apportionment of damages	brought, and the amount so recovered, after deducting the costs not recovered from the defendant, shall be divided amongst the above mentioned parties, in such shares as the jury by their verdict shall find and direct; provided, that not more than one action shall lie for
Limitation.	and in respect of the same subject-matter of complaint; and that every such action shall be commenced within twelve calendar months after the death of the deceased person.
Id s 3. 1852, c 299, 8. 3. Bill of par- ticulars 37 Md 156 , 41 Md 268	3. In every such action, the equitable plaintiff on the record shall be required, together with the declaration, to deliver to the defend- ant, or his attorney, a full particular of the persons for whom and on whose behalf such action shall be brought, and of the nature of the claim in respect of which damages shall be sought to be recov- ered.
Id 8.4. 1352, c 299, s. 4 Meaning of words	4. The following words and expressions used in the three pre- ceding sections are intended to have the meaning hereby assigned to them respectively, so far as such meanings are not excluded by the context, or by the nature of the subject-matter, that is to say :
Liability of corporations for acts of agents	The word person shall apply to bodies politic and corporate, and all corporations shall be responsible under the three preceding sec- tions for the wrongful acts, neglect, or default, of all agents em- ployed by them.