Harrison v. Holsenbeck

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

Certain settled rules of law, constituting the basis upon which a decision here must be reached, will be first set forth in this opinion. Limitation statutes run against estates, but when estates are unrepresented, such statutes are tolled between the death of a person and the appointment of a representative or between representations for a period of five years provided representation is taken within that period of time. Code, § 3-803. This exception has no application here, since the petition shows that there was representation shortly after the death of the…