Legal Opinion
Bulova Watch Co. v. Celotex Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 3, 1979PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Fuchsberg, J.
At issue on this appeal is the timeliness of a suit brought to recover damages for a roofing materials supplier’s failure to live up to its express promise to repair its so-called "bonded” roof for a period of 20 years from the date of sale. We hold that a cause of action accrues upon each breach of that undertaking which occurs within the 20-year period and that the Statute of Limitations runs after six years from the date when the particular breach for which any such suit is brought has taken place.
In 1952, plaintiff Bulova Watch Company contracted for the…
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- Mittasch v. Seal Lock Burial Vault, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1973
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