Legal Opinion
Blackmon v. Govern
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided March 9, 1956No. Civ. A. 933-55PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARTSHORNE, District Judge.
In this automobile negligence action, in which this Court has jurisdiction solely because of diversity of citizenship, the complaint was filed two years and two days after the accident occurred. Defendants accordingly moved to dismiss the action on the ground that the two-year New Jersey statute of limitations, N.J.S.A. 2A:14-2, on personal injury actions has run, and also moves to amend its answer to raise the bar of such statute: To this motion plaintiffs answer that the defendants are, and always have been, non-residents of New Jersey, so that the above statutory…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Guaranty Trust Co. v. YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Guaranty Trust Co. v. YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- West v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Ferraro v. Ferro Trucking Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1962
- Cohn v. G. D. Searle & Co.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1978
- Tarter v. InscoWyoming Supreme Court · 1976
- Hopkins v. Kelsey-Hayes, Inc.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1978
- Bergman v. TurpinSupreme Court of Virginia · 1965
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