Eledge v. Carolina Power & Light Co.

It clearly appears from the record herein, that a settlement has been agreed upon between the plaintiff as the personal representative of her intestate and the Coal Operators Casualty Company, the insurance carrier for M. B. Haynes, pursuant to the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act; and that this action was instituted within six months of the injury and death of plaintiff’s intestate.

Under the original provisions of our 'Workmen’s Compensation Act, Section 11, Chapter 120, of the Public Laws of 1929, an employee or his personal representative had to elect whether he would accept…