Lewis Ex Rel. Longworth v. Lewis
Supreme Court of the United States
This case came úp from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Illinois, on a certificáte of division in opinion between the judges thereof. It was an action of covenant under the following circumstances. . On the 12th of March,' 1819, Broadwell executed a deed with" a general warranty, to William Lewis, by which he conveyed to him a tract of land in Ohio. In June, 1825, one Matthews recovered, by ejectment, one hundred acres of the land.
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This case came úp from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Illinois, on a certificáte of division in opinion between the judges thereof. It was an action of covenant under the following circumstances. . On the 12th of March,' 1819, Broadwell executed a deed with" a general warranty, to William Lewis, by which he conveyed to him a tract of land in Ohio. In June, 1825, one Matthews recovered, by ejectment, one hundred acres of the land. Broadwell died in 1827, and one Cromwell was appointed his, administrator. In_1843, Thomas Lewis was appointed administrator de bonis…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Taney
This, case depends upon the construction and operation of the statutes of limitation of the State of Illinois, and comes before us upon a certificate of division betweén the judges of the Circuit Court.
It. is an action of covenant, brought in 1843, upon causes of action which accrued before 1827, The defendant pleaded the statute of limitations; to which the plaintiff replied, that, at the time the causes of action accrued, he was in parts beyond •vthe limits of the State, and has ever since remained, and yet is, beyond the ,limits of the State. The defendant, demurred to this, replication,…
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