SLANDER OF TITLE - NATURE OF THE ACTION - STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS

Authors

Herbert R. Whiting, University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow

Abstract

Plaintiff brought an action to recover damages occasioned by certain letters, alleged to be false and malicious, written by the defendant of and concerning the title to plaintiff's property. Since the letters were written more than one year prior to the commencement of the action, defendant argued that the action was barred by a clause in the local statute of limitations providing that "actions for libel and slander shall be commenced within one year after the cause of action shall have accrued." On the other hand the plaintiff asserted that the case came under the statute's two-year limitation of actions for "injury to the . . . rights of another, not arising on contract, and not herein especially enumerated . . . . " Held, that the limitation as to commencement of actions for libel and slander applies whether the slander involves property or person. Woodard v. Pacific Fruit & Produce Co., (Ore. 1940) 106 P. (2d) 1043.

Recommended Citation

Herbert R. Whiting, SLANDER OF TITLE - NATURE OF THE ACTION - STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS, 39 Mich. L. Rev. 1042 (1941).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol39/iss6/24