Poetz v. Mix

In Poetz v. Mix, 7 N.J. 436, 81 A.2d 741 (1951), the Court held that "where the last day of the period prescribed by the statute of limitations for commencing an action . . . falls on . . . a Sunday or a legal holiday when public offices are legally closed to the transactions of business which now includes Saturday, such an action commenced on the next day which is not a dies non is not too late. . . . Such construction will best protect the interests of litigants and must for that reason be presumed to carry into effect the legislative intent." 7 N.J. at 446-47, 81 A.2d 741. In Poetz, where the two-year Statute of Limitations for filing plaintiff's complaint would have expired on a Saturday when the courthouse was closed, a mailed complaint that was opened in the courthouse on Monday was deemed timely.