153 F.2d 782 | 2d Cir. | 1946
This action was commenced more than one year after the death of the plaintiff’s intestate.. The one year limitation in the North Carolina statute, G.S. § 28-173, has been consistently construed as a condition precedent to maintenance of the right of action. Gulledge v. Seaboard Air Line R. Co., 147 N.C. 234, 60 S.E. 1134, 125 Am.St.Rep. 544, rehearing 148 N.C. 567, 62 S.E. 732; Neely v. Minus, 196 N.C. 345, 145 S.E. 771; Mathis v. Camp Mfg. Co., 204 N.C. 434, 168 S.E. 515. The case of Tieffenbrun v. Flannery, 198 N.C. 397, 151 S.E. 857, 860, 68 A.L.R. 210, upon which the appellant strongly relies, contains nothing to the contrary. It holds merely that the one year time limit of the North Carolina statute “constitutes a statute of limitation” in respect to the right of action under the Florida wrongful death
Judgment affirmed.