Robert William Sides v. Richard MacHine Works, Inc.

ALBERT V. BRYAN, Circuit Judge:

The determinative inquiry here is at what point did the plaintiff-appellant’s right of action for personal injuries accrue within the meaning of the Virginia act of limitations. As bearing here, the statute demands that every such action “shall be brought within two years next after the right to bring the same shall have accrued”. Va.Code 1950, as amended § 8-24. With jurisdiction resting on diversity of citizenship, thé State law is decisive, and the parties agree on the aptness of the cited section. The inception of plaintiff’s cause, we think, was within the…