Raftery v. Wm. C. Vick Construction Co.

In her dissenting opinion, Chief Justice Sharp condemns the holding of the Court in Causey v. Railroad, 166 N.C. 5, 81 S.E. 917, to the effect that the statute of limitations does not begin to run against a personal representative until the death of his decedent notwithstanding the fact that the action for the personal injuries which caused decedent’s death was barred when he died. I agree. I am also in accord with that portion of Justice Moore’s dissent in which he concluded that “the exclusion of wrongful death actions from the operation of G.S. 1-15 (b) was intended only to preserve the…