City of Rome v. Rigdon

Atkinson, Presiding Justice.

The questions for consideration relate exclusively to bar by the statute of limitations of an action against a municipal corporation, for damages caused by injury to the person. It is declared in the Code, § 3-1004: “Actions for injuries to the person shall be brought within two years after the right of action accrues.” This law was in force at the time of the passage of the act approved December 20, 1899, which now appears in the Code, § 69-308, and was the only applicable statute of limitations for injuries to the person. The act of 1899 stated: “No person, . .…