Vore v. Woodford
Ohio Supreme Court
Motion for leave to file a petition in error to the District 'Court of Morgan county. The following statement is sufficient to an understanding ¿of the questions disposed of in the opinion: The original action was brought by defendant in error against plaintiff in error and the administrator of A. S-Hickey, on a note, of which the following is a copy : “ $1,000. Pour months after date, for value received, I promise to pay William C. Woodford, or order, one thousand dollars,…
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Motion for leave to file a petition in error to the District 'Court of Morgan county. The following statement is sufficient to an understanding ¿of the questions disposed of in the opinion: The original action was brought by defendant in error against plaintiff in error and the administrator of A. S-Hickey, on a note, of which the following is a copy : “ $1,000. Pour months after date, for value received, I promise to pay William C. Woodford, or order, one thousand dollars, interest at ten per cent. Watertown, March 15, 1856. “ A. S. Dickey, “ John E. Yore, “ James Dickey.” It was averred in…
1Opinion of the CourtMcIlvaine, J.
The plaintiff in error makes two objections to this record. 1. He denies the sufficiency of the original petition. 2. He insists that, the court of common .pleas erred in refusing to charge the jury as requested.
1. The first objection is based on the statute of limitations, which provides that actions on contracts or promises in writing can only be brought within fifteen years after the cause of action shall have accrued. Sections 12 and 13 of the code. The note sued on matured more than fifteen years before action brought. An exception, however, to the general rule of the statute is provided…
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