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BROADFOOT v. EVERETT

No. 700.

154 S.E.2d 522 (1967)

270 N.C. 429

Hal W. BROADFOOT, Ancillary Administrator of the Estate of Richard D. Echard v. Annie Smith EVERETT, Executrix of the Estate of William Austin Everett.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 24, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Broughton & Broughton, Raleigh, for plaintiff appellant.

Nance, Barrington, Collier & Singleton, Quillin, Russ, Worth & McLeod, Fayetteville, for defendant appellee.

SHARP, Justice.

As they relate to the facts of this case and the question presented by this appeal, the Pennsylvania statutes authorizing the action for wrongful death differ from North Carolina's only in that the period prescribed for the institution of the action in Pennsylvania is one year while in North Carolina it is two years. G.S. § 28-173, G.S. § 1-53; Purdon's Pa.Stat.Ann. tit. 12, §§ 1601-1603 (1953); Echon v. Pennsylvania R. Co.,

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