HEWETT v. GARRETT

No. 193.

163 S.E.2d 372 (1968)

274 N.C. 356

Mrs. Willa Blanche HEWETT, Widow; Barbara Ruth Hewett, Minor Daughter, by her Next Friend, Rebecca Wilson; Carl Hayes Hewett, Deceased Employee v. S. W. GARRETT, Employer; Glens Falls Insurance Co., Carrier.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 9, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James, James & Crossley, by John F. Crossley, Wilmington, for plaintiff widow.

Aaron Goldberg, Wilmington, for minor plaintiff.


HIGGINS, Justice.

The Industrial Commission found upon plenary and uncontradicted evidence that Barbara Ruth Hewett is the illegitimate child of the deceased employee, Carl Hayes Hewett. All the evidence disclosed that the father and mother, Barbara Wilson, although unmarried, lived together in North Carolina prior to and at the time of their daughter's birth on June 8, 1957. The birth certificate, filed at Brevard, gives to the daughter the Hewett name and lists...

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