Peterson ex rel. Peterson v. Delaware River Ferry Co.

Citations

• 190 Pa. 364
• 42 A. 955
• 1899 Pa. LEXIS 1032

Syllabus

<p>Statute of limitations — Persons under disabilities — Minors — Act of June 24,1895.</p> <p>A saving from the operation of statutes for disabilities must be expressed or it does not exist.</p> <p>The Act of June 24, 1895, P. L. 236, is a general act in the nature of a statute of limitations, and minors are bound by its provisions.</p> <p>Statute, of limitations — Parties.</p> <p>Where a wrong party has been sued, the right party cannot be deprived of the benefit of the statute of limitations by making a writ against him relate back to the former writ to which he was not a party.</p>