Western v. Buffalo Mining Co.

*544Miller, Justice:

Plaintiffs, Frank Western, Jr., and Johnie T. Sinett, appeal the dismissal of their suit against Buffalo Mining Company and Lorado Super Market, Inc. The trial court had sustained the defendants’ plea of the statute of limitations, holding that the suit was a personal action and therefore barred by the two-year statute of limitations, W.Va. Code, 55-2-12. We disagree and reverse.

Plaintiffs were employed by Buffalo Mining Company and had executed a wage assignment addressed to their employer which stated: “This is your authorization to deduct from my wages each pay day the…