Floyd and Genevieve Horton v. Frans P. Jessie

The parties were involved in a California automobile accident. Plaintiffs are citizens of Missouri and defendant is a citizen of California. California has a one year statute of limitations and Missouri has a five year statute. The district court has held the California statute applicable and rendered judgment for the defendant.

There is a good argument that the statute was tolled for 13 or 14 months, but thereafter there was a period of approximately 15 months until the suit was filed in California.

Under the California significant contacts approach, we find too little Missouri significant…