Legal Opinion
High v. Broadnax
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided August 25, 1967No. 774PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSharp, J.
The period prescribed for the commencement of an action for wrongful death under G.S. 28-173 is two years. G.S. 1-53(4). Intestate was killed in North Carolina on 21 April 1963. The first action to recover damages for his death was instituted against defendants by his Virginia administrator in the United States District Court of the Western District of Virginia on 13 April 1964 — less than one year after his death. That case was nonsuited on 2 July 1965, and this action was brought on 13 July 1965 —more than two years after intestate’s death, but less than one year after the judgment of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Sorensen v. the Overland CorporationDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1956
- Morris v. WiseSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1955
- Riley v. Union Pac. R. CoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1950
- Sigler v. Youngblood Truck Lines, Inc.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1957
- Little v. StevensSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1966
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Howard v. AllenOhio Supreme Court · 1972
- Enid Allen v. Greyhound Lines, Inc., a California CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Clarice King v. Nashua Corporation and H.S. CrockerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Cronin v. Minster PressMichigan Court of Appeals · 1974
- Andrew v. Bendix Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971
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