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HILL v. CAHOON

No. 310.

113 S.E.2d 569 (1960)

252 N.C. 295

Lillie HILL, Mary Foster Christine Wiggins, Mrs. Zanner Shiver, Haywood Philyaw, Harper Philyaw, Grace Philyaw Phillips, Edith Jenkins and Peggy Philyaw, by her next friend, Lillie Hill, v. Louise J. CAHOON, Administratrix of the Estate of Thelma Philyaw Jones, Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Company.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 6, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Abernathy, Jr., New Bern, for plaintiff appellants.

Jones, Reed & Griffin, Kinston, for defendants Louise J. Cahoon and Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, appellees.

Whitaker & Jeffress, Kinston, for defendant U. S. Fidelity & Casualty Company, appellee.

DENNY, Justice.

The questions presented for determination on this appeal are: (1) Did the Superior Court have jurisdiction of the subject matter of this action? (2) Does a widow, upon her remarriage, forfeit her right to receive future compensation under an award of the Commission adjudging her to be the sole dependent and entitled to receive the full compensation awarded by reason of the death of her husband? (3) If a widow, who has been adjudged the sole dependent...

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