DORSEY v. UNITED STATES PIPE & FOUNDRY CO.

SC 2748.

353 So.2d 800 (1977)

In re William DORSEY v. UNITED STATES PIPE & FOUNDRY COMPANY, a corporation. Ex parte William Dorsey.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 9, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Haley and D. Leon Ashford, Birmingham, for petitioner.

John H. Morrow and Stephen E. Brown, Birmingham, for respondent.


BLOODWORTH, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the Court of Civil Appeals' decision in Dorsey v. United States Pipe and Foundry Company, 353 So.2d 797, holding that fraud does not toll the one-year statute of limitations for workmen's compensation actions contained in Tit. 26, § 296, Code of Alabama 1940 (now § 25-5-80 Code of Alabama 1975).1 We reverse and remand.

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