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      "JAMES EDWARD BURTON, Administrator of the Estate of LYDA ANN BURTON v. EDWARD JAMES CROGHAN and BERNARD AUSTIN."
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        "text": "Per C\u00fcRIAm.\nA careful examination of the judge\u2019s charge reveals no error prejudicial to plaintiff. Indeed, the charge was more favorable to appellant than the law allows. The judge instructed the jury that the funeral bill of $895.00 was \u201can item to be taken into consideration\u201d if it reached the issue of damages. G.S. 28-173 permits the amount recovered in an action for wrongful death to be applied to the payment of the burial expenses of the deceased, but the funeral bill itself is not an item of damages. G.S. 28-174; Davenport v. Patrick, 227 N.C. 686, 691, 44 S.E. 2d 203, 206. This error in the charge was, no doubt, prejudicial to defendants. They, however, have not complained, and plaintiff may not.\nExcept for the inclusion of the funeral bill, the judge instructed the jury, with reference to the measure of damages, in conformity with the well established rule applicable in wrongful-death actions. Bryant v. Woodlief, 252 N.C. 488, 114 S.E. 2d 241; Caudle v. R. R., 242 N.C. 466, 88 S.E. 2d 138. The measure of damages for the death of a child is the same as for an adult, notwithstanding the difficulty of applying the rule \u201cis greatly increased in the case of an infant.\u201d Rea v. Simowitz, 226 N.C. 379, 382, 38 S.E. 2d 194, 196; Russell v. Steamboat Co., 126 N.C. 961, 967, 36 S.E. 191, 192.\nNo error.",
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    "head_matter": "JAMES EDWARD BURTON, Administrator of the Estate of LYDA ANN BURTON v. EDWARD JAMES CROGHAN and BERNARD AUSTIN.\n(Filed 29 September, 1965.)\nAppeal by plaintiff from Bundy, J., March 1965 Session of ONSLOW.\nAction for the wrongful death of a 6-year-old girl.\nUpon the trial the jury found that plaintiff\u2019s intestate was killed by the negligence of defendants and assessed damages in the sum of $2,-500.00. Contending that the amount awarded was inadequate, plaintiff moved to set aside the verdict on the second issue. The motion was denied. Plaintiff appeals assigning error in the judge\u2019s charge on the measure of damages.\nCharles L. Abemethy, Jr., for plaintiff appellant.\nE. W. Summersill; Ellis, Hooper, Warlick & Waters for defendant appellees."
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