https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292671 Under the Fatal Accidents Act, compensation for loss to the estate was confined to damage that was the immediate and natural result of the wrongful act. The court held that the disappearance of currency notes carried by the deceased was too remote from the railway collision, because the evidence did not show how the loss occurred and it was not a necessary or probable consequence of the accident. Loss caused by the independent act of a third party could not be attributed to the railway as legal damage arising from the accident, so the claim failed. en-us Thu, 30 Apr 1925 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 15:29:05 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292671 Under the Fatal Accidents Act, compensation for loss to the estate was confined to damage that was the immediate and natural result of the wrongful act. The court held that the disappearance of currency notes carried by the deceased was too remote from the railway collision, because the evidence did not show how the loss occurred and it was not a necessary or probable consequence of the accident. Loss caused by the independent act of a third party could not be attributed to the railway as legal damage arising from the accident, so the claim failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 30 Apr 1925 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292671