Musgrave v. McManus

Citations

• 24 N.M. 227

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. The provisions of section 3350, Code 1915, requiring an action for personal injury to be brought within three years, is not tolled by section 3353, excepting from the operation of the statute persons under legal disability. P. 231</p> <p>2. In the case of a convict serving a term in the penitentiary at the time of the alleged personal injury, who does not bring the suit within three years thereafter, the exceptions contained in the statute, section 3353, Code 1915, as to persons under legal disability, not including persons imprisoned, such persons are not under legal disability within the meaning of the statute. P. 231</p> <p>Roberts, J., dissenting.</p>