PRICE v. J. C. PENNEY COMPANY, INC.

No. 758SC54.

216 S.E.2d 154 (1975)

26 N.C. App. 249

Hepsie H. PRICE v. J. C. PENNEY COMPANY, INC.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Certiorari Denied August 25, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dees, Dees, Smith, Powell & Jarrett by Tommy W. Jarrett, Goldsboro, for plaintiff appellant.

Harris, Poe, Cheshire & Leager by W. C. Harris, Jr., Raleigh, for defendant appellee.


Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court August 25, 1975.

PARKER, Judge.

To escape the bar of the statute of limitations, an action for libel or slander must be commenced within one year from the time the action accrues, G.S. § 1-54(3), and the action accrues at the date of the publication of the defamatory words, regardless of the fact that plaintiff may discover the identity of the author only at a later date. Gordon v. Fredle, 206 N.C. 734, 175 S.E. 126...

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