Little v. Bank of Wadesboro

Our statute of limitations, C. S., ch. 2, sec. 444, subsec. 9, provides that actions for relief on the ground of fraud or mistake shall be brought within three years next after the cause of action accrues, the cause of action not to be considered as accruing until the discovery by the aggrieved party of the facts constituting the fraud or mistake. It will be noted from the language used, “relief on the ground of fraud,” that the statute has and was intended to have a broader meaning tban the ordinary common-law actions for fraud and deceit, and in our opinion clearly applies to any and all…