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LAMM v. LORBACHER

No. 753.

71 S.E.2d 49 (1952)

235 N.C. 728

LAMM v. LORBACHER et al.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 11, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brooks, McLendon, Brim & Holderness, Greensboro, and Barnie P. Jones, Burlington, for plaintiff, appellant.

Cooper, Sanders & Holt, Burlington, and Jordan & Wright, Greensboro, for defendants, appellees.

DEVIN, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff appeals from the judgment below on the ground that the amount of damages awarded for the wrongful death of his intestate was inadequate. He assigns as error the court's charge to the jury in stating the rule for the measure of damages in this case.

In 1846 the common-law rule that right of action for personal injury did not survive the death of the injured person was abrogated in...

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