Talbott v. Gegenheimer

This appeal presents the narrow question whether a plea of the statute of limitations may properly be interposed when a new party is brought in by amendment after the period of limitations has elapsed. The action was for personal injuries sustained in an automobile accident when the car in which the plaintiff (appellant) was riding, driven by a Mrs. Higgins, collided with a car driven by Mary E. Gegenheimer. She sued Mrs. Higgins and Mr. Gegenheimer, as the drivers of the two cars. By amendment after the lapse of three years from the date of the accident Mary E. Gegenheimer, the wife of…