Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit December 20, 1978, 77-2444 (Irma H. Sadler, of the Estate of Johnnie Dewey Hodges, Jr., Deceased v. New Hanover Memorial Hospital, Inc., a Corporation)

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

We authorized this interlocutory appeal to review the correctness of the district court’s ruling that it had diversity jurisdiction in a wrongful death action against a citizen of North Carolina brought by an executrix who is a citizen of Virginia for beneficiaries who are citizens of North Carolina. We affirm.

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I.

Johnnie Dewey Hodges, Jr.