Mulville v. Brown

This is an action for negligence brought by the plaintiff within a year from the date of the neglect complained of. The defendant’s counterclaim for his damages was brought more than a year after the neglect of which he complains. The plaintiff has pleaded the statute of limitations to the counterclaim, to which the defendant has demurred. The question raised is, therefore, whether the defendant is saved from the operation of the statute because the plaintiff has brought his action within the required time.

Section 1680c of the 1935 Cumulative Supplement to the General Statutes states that “no…