Jones v. Nicholl
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Alameda County. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Belcher, C.
On the seventeenth day of January, 1880, the defendant executed to the plaintiff his promissory note' for one thousand dollars, payable on demand, with interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum. In the latter part of October or the beginning of November, 1884, plaintiff demanded payment of the note from defendant for the first time, and it .not being paid, he commenced this action, on the first day of April, 1885, to recover the amount due thereon.
The defendant pleaded payment, and that the action was barred by the provisions of section 337 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
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