With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". general assets of his estate for distribution to the beneficiaries.” Id. at 22-23, 145 S.E. 2d at 357. The Court reiterated this view in the case of In re Edmundson, 273 N.C. 92, 159 S.E. 2d 509 (1968), where it held that such a policy was “unquestionably” an asset of decedent during her lifetime and an asset of her estate upon death, and that the potential right of the administrator of decedent’s estate against the insurance company was a chose in action, an intangible asset. Id. at 95, 159 S.E. 2d at 511-12. In accordance with the rationale of the foregoing cases, the Court has also held that a hospital-expense policy with an insurance company is an asset. Graham v. Insurance Co., 274 N.C. 115, 161 S.E. 2d 485 (1968). See also In Re Scarborough, 261 N.C. 565, 135 S.E. 2d 529 (1964) (<HOLDING>). This decisional authority compels us to

A: holding that a cause of action for wrongful death is an asset of an estate
B: recognizing cause of action for wrongful death
C: holding a wrongful death action may not be maintained for the death of an unborn child
D: holding that mississippis wrongful death statute creates an independent cause of action
A.