Metromedia Co. v. Hartz Mountain Associates

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• noting that, in the case of continuing breach of an installment contract, “absent a repudiation, a plaintiff may sue for each breach only as it occurs, and the statute of limitations begins to run at that time”
• stating that where there is a continuing breach of an installment contract, “absent a repudiation, a plaintiff may sue for each breach only as it occurs, and the statute of limitations begins to run at that time”
• stating that where there is a continuing breach of an installment contract, “absent a repudiation, a plaintiff may sue for each breach only as it occurs, and the statute of limitations begins to run at that time”
• examining the variety of agreements that can be considered installment contracts, all of which involve periodic payments
• to reject installment contract approach “would allow a claimant to trigger the statute of limitations upon presentation of a claim rather than having the existence of a claim trigger the statute of limitations”
• to reject installment contract approach “would allow a claimant to trigger the statute of limitations upon presentation of a claim rather than having the existence of a claim trigger the statute of limitations”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).