Snyder v. Hitchcock

This is an action of assumpsit upon . a judgment rendered in the circuit court June 25, 1881. The declaration by which the suit was commenced was filed June 13, 1891. The defendant interposed a plea of the statute of limitations. On the trial the court directed .a judgment in favor of the defendant, on the ground that *314the action, being in assumpsit, was'barred by the statute.

The only question to be determined is whether the general statute of limitations relating to actions of assumpsit controls, or whether a special statute of limitations exists, applicable to all actions brought upon…