Link v. Carolina & Northwestern Railway Co.

150 S.E. 672, 198 N.C. 78, 1929 N.C. LEXIS 414

• Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
• Decided: December 11, 1929
• Status: Published

Opinion

Stacy, 0. J.

Tbe action was properly dismissed on authority of Murray v. R. R., 196 N. C., 695, 146 S. E., 801, and Belch v. R. R., 176 N. C., 22, 96 S. E., 640.

Tbe Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U. S. C. A., sec. 56) provides: “No action shall be maintained under tbis chapter unless commenced within two years from tbe day the cause of action accrued.”

There is no provision in this statute extending or tolling the time for filing suit by reason of infancy or other disability. Gillette v. Del. L. & W. Ry., 102 Atl. (N. J.), 673 (minority of plaintiff); Bement v. Grand Rapids Ry. Co., 160 N. W. (Mich.), 424 (fraudulent representations of defendant’s agent which caused plaintiff to delay); Alvarado v. So. Pac. Ry. Co., 193 S. W. (Tex.), 1108 (insanity resulting from the injury).

Indeed, it has been held with us that a provision in a contract of insurance, limiting the time for instituting suit to recover under the policy, is not affected by the minority of the plaintiff. Beard v. Sovereign Lodge, 184 N. C., 154, 113 S. E., 661; Heilig v. Ins. Co., 152 N. C., 358, 67 S. E., 927.

Affirmed.