Shaffner v. . Lipinsky

C. S., 3949 (3), is as follows: “‘Month’ and ‘year.’ The word ‘month’ shall be construed to mean a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed; and the word ‘year,’ a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; and the word ‘year’ alone shall be equivalent to the expression ‘year of our Lord.’ ”

The case of Rives v. Guthrie, 46 N. C., p. 84, was an action of slander. The question involved in that case was whether a statute which makes use of the word “months” meant a lunar or calendar month. The statute under construction provided that the action must be brought in six months. The same as the…