COOTS v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.

Docket No. Sac. 6841.

49 Cal.2d 805 (1958)

322 P.2d 460

MAYLON COOTS, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 7, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perkins & Carr and Thomas C. Perkins for Appellant.

Devlin, Diepenbrock & Wulff and Forrest A. Plant for Respondent.


CARTER, J.

This is an appeal by plaintiff, Maylon Coots, from a judgment entered after trial by the court upon the defendant's motion, pursuant to section 597 of the Code of Civil Procedure, that the applicable statute of limitations as set forth in defendant's fourth special defense barred plaintiff's cause of action.

Plaintiff, an employee of defendant Southern Pacific Company, commenced his action under the provisions of the Federal Employers' Liability...

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