NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 631
SENATE BILL 281

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 28-175 TO REMOVE ASSAULT AND BATTERY FROM THE LIST OF TORTS THE CAUSE OF ACTION FOR WHICH DOES NOT SURVIVE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 28-175 is hereby amended by placing a period (.) after the word "imprisonment" in line four (4) and by deleting the words and punctuation "and assault and battery." from line four (4).
Sec. 2.  This Act shall apply to all causes of action arising on or after the effective date hereof, but shall not affect pending litigation.
Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4.  This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 20th day of May, 1965.