Kerrigan v. O'Meara

This is an appeal by the defendant Margaret O’Meara from a judgment entered upon the verdict of a jury in favor of the plaintiff John Kerrigan. A number of errors are assigned and argued by counsel for defendant but the case turns upon whether plaintiff’s cause of action is barred by the statute of. limitations.

The facts relied upon for recovery and substantially as set forth in the second amended complaint, as amended, are that Pteter T. McDermott was indebted to plaintiff and John H. O’Meara jointly in the sum of $12,000 and interest. The money was collected from McDermott by H. L. Maury,…