Silverton v. Marler

DIMOND, Justice.

This was a suit for injuries suffered by appellant, Frances Silverton, when she slipped and fell on ice which had accumulated near the entrance to Tok Lodge, at Tok, Alaska, where she had been a paying guest. The first question on this appeal is which statute of limitations governs appellant’s claim: the six-year statute for actions on contract 1 , which appellant contends' is applicable; or the two-year statute for tort actions 2 , which the court below held was controlling.

Appellant argues that the words “not arising on contract” in the two-year statute of limitations mean…