Bement v. Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kent; Barton, J., presiding. Case by George D. Bement, under the Federal employers’ liability act (35 U. S. Stat. 65), against the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Company for personal injuries. Judgment of nonsuit. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtKuhn, J.
Section 6 of the Federal employers’ liability act (35 U. S. Stat. 65, 4 U. S. Comp. Stat. 1913, pages 3912-3916), provides:
“No action shall be maintained under this act unless commenced within two years from the day the cause of action accrued.”
The action in this case was not commenced within the two years prescribed by the statute, for the reason, as alleged by the plaintiff, that he relied upon certain fraudulent representations made to him by the defendant company, and that because of these fraudulent representations defendant company is estopped from asserting or setting up the statute of…
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