Vanhorn v. Scott
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to- the District Court of Philadelphia. The facts of this case sufficiently, appear in the opinion of Mr. Justice Knox.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Knox, J.
On the trial of this cause the defendants’ counsel requested the court to instruct the jury that the statute of limitations was a bar to the plaintiffs’ claim.
The denial of this request is assigned for error, and presents the only question raised upon the record for our consideration.
The action was in assumpsit, brought to recover compensation for cultivating and preserving morus multicaulis trees. In the fall of 1838 the defendants delivered to the plaintiffs a quantity of mulberry trees, said to be about five thousand in number, which were…
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