Patten v. Standard Oil Co. of Louisiana

Plaintiff sues to recover damages for the wrongful death of her husband. The action was begun more than two years after his death. To avoid the one-year statute of limitations, plaintiff avers that the defendants fraudulently concealed her cause of action.

The trial court sustained a demurrer to the declaration and dismissed the suit. Plaintiff has appealed.

The essential part of the declaration is as follows:

“On the morning of February 24, 1930, plaintiff’s husband, having been summoned to the bedside of plaintiff, who had been injured in an automobile accident in Florida, took passage in an…