Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 17, 1949No. 9975PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PROCTOR, Circuit Judge.
The question here is whether an action brought in the District of Columbia under the wrongful death act of Nebraska 1 is. subject to the two year limitation of that Act or the one year limitation of the District statute. 2 The question arises out of the death of one Lewis, allegedly due to the negligence of Defense Plant Corporation, which by congressional authority has been succeeded by Reconstruction Finance Corporation, present defendant and appellee. The suit was filed in our district court about 22 months after the fatal accident. The defendant by answer invoked as…
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