Johnson v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, as administrator of the estate of his son, sues for damages for the latter’s death in an airplane accident in South Carolina on September 7, 1945. The action is brought upon the statute of that state, 1 S.C.Code, c. 15, § 411, 1942, granting a right of action for damages to the administrator of a person whose death is caused “by the wrongful act, neglect, or default of another, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof.” Jurisdiction of…