Armstrong v. Patterson

Sedgwick,' J.

Our former opinion in this case ante, p. 229, followed Snell v. Rue, 72 Neb. 571, reluctantly, to be snre, but under the impression that “to establish such a limitation now wrould be legislation, and is not within the province of the courts.” A rehearing was had, and we have been greatly' assisted by eminent counsel as well as by the defendant himself. It appears that in Snell v. Rue, supra, the contention was that actions on domestic judgments were limited by section 16 of the code: “An action for relief not hereinbefore provided for, can only be brought within four years after…