Pearce v. North Carolina State Highway Patrol Voluntary Pledge Committee

FRYE, Justice.

This is an action in which the plaintiff seeks to recover monetary benefits from the North Carolina State Highway Patrol Voluntary Pledge Fund Committee pursuant to a contractual agreement executed 23 February 1973. The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the plaintiffs claim is barred by the three year statute of limitations provided by G.S. § 1-52. For the reasons stated in this opinion, we hold that plaintiffs lawsuit was initiated after the three year statute of limitations had run, and therefore, his claim is barred. Accordingly, we reverse the decision of the Court of…