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The Limitation Act, 1908

( ACT NO. IX OF 1908 )

24. Suit for compensation for act not actionable without special damage
24. In the case of a suit for compensation for an act which does not give rise to a cause of action unless some specific injury actually results therefrom, the period of limitation shall be computed from the time when the injury results.
 
 
Illustration
 
 
A owns the surface of a field. B owns the subsoil. B digs coal thereout without causing any immediate apparent injury to the surface, but at last the surface subsides. The period of limitation in the case of a suit by A against B runs from the time of the subsidence.

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