Betts v. Southern Ry. Co.

PARKER, Circuit Judge.

rni, • . j. . , ... This is an appeal from a judgment dis- . . ■ t„ o,,,, missing an action for wrongful death, i u- n it irn i- . . ’ brought m the North Carolina courts under . , . ,, , , . the Virginia wrongful death statute. The . , judgment was entered upon an answer m the J „ , . , i ,, ,. ,, ,. nature of a plea m abatement) the allegations „ , • , ^ . ... . ... ’ & ^ of which were admitted, setting up the accept-n Tiji **i on *ii anee of an award, by the widow of decedent únder the North Carolina Workmen’s Compensation Act in bar of the right of plaintiff to…