What is the test for demurrering a motion against the statute of limitations?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Gomez v. Dole Food Co., B228876 (Cal. App. 2011):

"'When a ground for objection to a complaint, such as the statute of limitations, appears on its face or from matters of which the court may or must take judicial notice, a demurrer on that ground is proper.' (Cochran v. Cochran (1997) 56 Cal.App.4th 1115, 1120.) '[W]hen "the relevant facts are not in dispute, the application of the statute of

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