Texas § 16.26 HOMICIDE: LIABILITY FOR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES.

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§ 16.26 — HOMICIDE: LIABILITY FOR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES.

Texas § 16.26

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Tex. Texas Constitution Code Ann. § 16.26 (2026).

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26.HOMICIDE: LIABILITY FOR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES. Every person, corporation, or company, that may commit a homicide, through wilful act, or omission, or gross neglect, shall be responsible, in exemplary damages, to the surviving husband, widow, heirs of his or her body, or such of them as there may be, without regard to any criminal proceeding that may or may not be had in relation to the homicide. (Feb. 15, 1876.)

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Sec. 26. HOMICIDE: LIABILITY FOR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES. Every person, corporation, or company, that may commit a homicide, through wilful act, or omission, or gross neglect, shall be responsible, in exemplary damages, to the surviving husband, widow, heirs of his or her body, or such of them as there may be, without regard to any criminal proceeding that may or may not be had in relation to the homicide.
(Feb. 15, 1876.)