Legal Opinion

De Groff v. Hunsicker

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided April 25, 1956No. Civ. A. No. 15724PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

VAN DUSEN, District Judge.

Defendant has filed a motion to dismiss this personal injury action1 on the ground that the action is barred by the period of limitations prescribed in 8-24 of the Code of Virginia, 1950.2 This section contains the following language, which has been in the Virginia statutory law at least since the first half of the 19th Century (see Section 11, Ch. 149, of the Virginia Code of 1849):

“Every personal action, for which no limitation is otherwise prescribed, shall be brought within five years next after the right to bring the same shall have accrued, if it be for a…

2Cases cited18 opinions

Terry v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
Hereford v. MeekWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1949
Watkins v. HallSupreme Court of Virginia · 1934
Allen v. Mottley Construction Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1933
Duffy v. HartsockSupreme Court of Virginia · 1948

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3Cited by1 opinion

Lila De Groff and George Roerig v. Charles Hunsicker (George Roerig)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1956