The aim of this article is to analyze decisio ns of the Supreme court of Czechoslovakia from years 1918 – 1945 concerned with compensation for damages on health and bring possible inspiration sources for the interpretation of related regulations in the act no. 89/2012 Coll., New civil code. Paper itself describes in introduction main differences between conception of compensation for damages on health in the act no. 40/1964 Coll., Civil code and in the New civil code. Detailed analysis of decisions of the Supreme court of Czechoslovakia from years 1918 – 1 945 and relevant legal regulations, i.e. Caesar patent no. 946/1811 Coll., General civil code (ABGB), follows. This analysis could be used as guidance for the application of New civil code, JUDr. Jan Kotula, and Literatura