Chisholm v. Crye
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Faulkner Chancery Court; Jeremiah G. Wallace, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Nancy C. Chisholm died intestate in the State of Louisiana September 19, 1896. She left J. A. Chisholm, T. J. Chisholm, Miss Elmina Chisholm, and Mrs. M. J. Martin, her children and only heirs at law.
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Appeal from Faulkner Chancery Court; Jeremiah G. Wallace, Chancellor; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Nancy C. Chisholm died intestate in the State of Louisiana September 19, 1896. She left J. A. Chisholm, T. J. Chisholm, Miss Elmina Chisholm, and Mrs. M. J. Martin, her children and only heirs at law. Mrs. Nancy C. Chisholm had sold a tract of land in Faulkner County to Joseph A. Crye for a consideration of $200, evidenced by four purchase money notes of $50, due November 1, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, respectively. T. J. Chisholm was a minor when his mother died. He was born in May, 1884. This suit was…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts.) Were appellants barred by the statute of limitations? No cause of .action accrued on the notes in suit prior to the death of Mrs. Chisholm, for the first note was due November, 1896, and Mrs. Chisholm died September 1, 1896. The appellees contend that under the laws of Louisiana, there being no debts against the estate of Mrs. Nancy Chisholm, the legal title to the dioses in action at once vested in appellants, and that therefore they could have brought suit upon 'the notes at maturity, and are barred by the statute of limitations because they failed to do…
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