Legal Opinion

Reich v. Van Dyke

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided November 13, 1939No. 7135PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

Statutes of limitation generally suffer from that simplification which leads to complexity. A writer in the Pennsylvania Law Review puts that feeling into these words;

“* * * "pjjg statute of -limitations, while theoretically definite and clear in its language, provides numerous difficulties in its application to the most ordinary commercial problems. * * * As a fundamental principle, it may be said that the statute of limitations does not begin to run until a cause of action has accrued. But just when the cause of action has accrued is usually the subject of dispute, for…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Hawkins v. GlennSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  2. Bernheimer v. ConverseSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  3. McClaine v. RankinSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  4. Coulter Dry Goods Co. v. WentworthCalifornia Supreme Court · 1915
  5. New York & Penna. Co. v. N. Y. Central R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Rawlings v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Jennings v. Boenning & CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. Baldonado v. Navajo Freight Lines, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1977
  4. Penns Creek Municipal Authority ex rel. Keasbey & Mattison Co. v. Maryland Cas. Co.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1954
  5. Haight v. First Trust & Deposit Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940

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