REUNION LAND CO. v. VILLAGE OF MARVIN

No. COA97-749.

497 S.E.2d 446 (1998)

REUNION LAND COMPANY, D. Paulette Kerr, and Samuel W. Craver and wife, Sarah Rhodes Craver, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. VILLAGE OF MARVIN, a North Carolina Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 7, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burris, MacMillan, Pearce & Mayer, L.L.P. by Robert N. Burris, Charlotte, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Perry, Bundy, Plyler & Long, L.L.P. by H. Ligon Bundy, Monroe, for defendant-appellee.


WYNN, Judge.

In North Carolina, where the legislature shortens the statute of limitations for the filing of an action, a party with a claim at the time of the amendment has a reasonable time to file that claim, but such reasonable time cannot exceed the limitations period allowed under the new law. Because the plaintiffs in this case filed their claim beyond the time period allowed by the new statute of limitations, we...

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