The trial court erred in dismissing plaintiff's complaint on the ground that the action is barred by the six-year Statute of Limitations. Although the action was not commenced within six years after it accrued, the running of the statute was tolled by defendant's absence from the State. (Civ. Prac. Act, § 19; CPLR 207.) He was a nonresident when the action accrued on May 24, 1946 and continued...
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