Cunningham v. Allied Chemical & Dye Corp.

The plaintiff, a resident of New Jersey, sues the defendant, a New York corporation, on a cause of action in negligence which arose in New Jersey. The *824action was brought within three years from, the time the cause of action accrued but more than two years after the date of accrual. The New Jersey Statute of Limitations for such an action is two years (N. J. S. 2A:14-2). The question before me is whether for reasons stated below the cause of action is in fact barred by New Jersey law and so barred in our courts (Civ. Prac. Act, § 13).

The question arises from the fact that until 1949 a…