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LEWIS v. RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION

No. 9975.

177 F.2d 654 (1949)

LEWIS v. RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 17, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles S. Rhyne, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Archie K. Shipe and Eugene J. Bradley, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Richard W. Galiher, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before EDGERTON and PROCTOR, Circuit Judges, and HIRAM CHURCH FORD, District Judge, sitting by designation.

PROCTOR, Circuit Judge.

The question here is whether an action brought in the District of Columbia under the wrongful death act of Nebraska1 is subject to the two year limitation of that Act or the one year limitation of the District statute.2 The question arises out of the death of one Lewis, allegedly due to the negligence of Defense Plant Corporation, which by congressional...

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