In Re Badgett
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by tlie administratrix from Nettles, J., at September Term, 1945, of Eoesyth. Special proceedings to require Mrs. E. T. Badgett, administratrix of the estate of Elmer Tbomas Badgett, deceased, to distribute certain funds in her bands, according to the North Carolina laws of intestacy.
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Appeal by tlie administratrix from Nettles, J., at September Term, 1945, of Eoesyth. Special proceedings to require Mrs. E. T. Badgett, administratrix of the estate of Elmer Tbomas Badgett, deceased, to distribute certain funds in her bands, according to the North Carolina laws of intestacy. The deceased, a resident of Forsyth County, was killed on 2 March, 1944, by a train of the Southern Railway Company, while in the performance of his duties as an employee and while employer and employee were engaged in interstate commerce, within the meaning and intent of the Federal Employers’ Liability…
1Opinion of the CourtDenny, J.
The sole question to be determined is whether the net proceeds received for the wrongful death of Elmer Thomas Badgett, while engaged in interstate commerce, shall be apportioned according to our statute of distribution. The answer must be in the affirmative. In re Stone, 173 N. C., 208, 97 S. E., 216.
The appellant contends that since the recovery was based upon the provisions of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, the proceeds must be apportioned among the beneficiaries of the deceased according to the pecuniary loss each has sustained. We think the overwhelming weight of authority is to…
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