In Re the Estate of Ives

The petitioner has adopted the proper procedure to secure judicial direction as to the method of distribution of the $7,000.00 paid to him by the Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. In re Estate of Poindexter, 221 N.C. 246, 20 S.E. 2d 49; In re Estate of Mizzelle, 213 N.C. 367, 196 S.E. 364; In re Stone, 173 N.C. 208, 91 S.E. 852.

At common law no action would lie to recover damages for the wrongful death of a person. Armentrout v. Hughes, 247 N.C. 631, 101 S.E. 2d 793. The first innovation upon the common law, in this respect, was brought about by the enactment of 9 and 10 Vict.,…