Reunion Land Co. v. Village of Marvin

WYNN, Judge.

In North Carolina, where the legislature shortens the statute of limitations for the filing of an action, a party with a claim at the time of the amendment has a reasonable time to file that claim, but such reasonable time cannot exceed the limitations period allowed under the new law. Because the plaintiffs in this case filed their claim beyond the time period allowed by the new statute of limitations, we must affirm the trial court’s dismissal of their action.

The plaintiffs, a North Carolina Limited Partnership and residents of Union and Mecklenburg County, own real property…