PEARCE v. NORTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY PATROL VOLUNTARY PLEDGE COMMITTEE

No. 824SC1028.

306 S.E.2d 796 (1983)

Ewell G. PEARCE v. The NORTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY PATROL VOLUNTARY PLEDGE COMMITTEE, Capt. O.R. McKinney, and Capt. E.D. Young.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warrick, Johnson & Parsons by Dale P. Johnson, Clinton, for plaintiff-appellee.

Atty. Gen., Rufus L. Edmisten by Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., Isaac T. Avery, III, Raleigh, for defendants-appellants.


ARNOLD, Judge.

Under G.S. 1-52(1), the statute of limitations for breach of contract is three years. It does not begin to run until the contract is breached and the alleged cause of action accrues. City of Reidsville v. Burton, 269 N.C. 206, 211, 152 S.E.2d 147, 152 (1967).

This action is timely because it was filed three years after the Fund notified the plaintiff's attorney that benefits...

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