Le Roy v. Crowninshield
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Assumpsit with the common money counts. The defendant [Richard Crowinshield,] pleaded in bar of the action the statute of limitations of the state of New-York, where the contract was made, to which the plaintiffs [Harmon Le Roy and others,] demurred.
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Assumpsit with the common money counts. The defendant [Richard Crowinshield,] pleaded in bar of the action the statute of limitations of the state of New-York, where the contract was made, to which the plaintiffs [Harmon Le Roy and others,] demurred. The question raised in the present case, is whether the limitation act of the state, where a contract is made, shall govern the decision of this court, sitting in another state, in which judicial proceedings are instituted for the purpose of enforcing the contract The plaintiffs had supposed, that this geheral question had been already settled,…
1Opinion of the Court
STOBY, Circuit Justice.
This cause was argued in the fullest manner at the last term, and has been held under advisement until the present time, principally from my desire to ascertain upon a review of all the authorities, whether the question raised at the argument was now open for discussion. I have examined all the authorities cited at the bar, (some of which are sufficiently obnoxious to critical commentaries), and if I thought there could be any utility in the task, I should not shrink from the labor of giving them a minute review. But after the ingenuity and learning of the profession…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Blanchard v. RussellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1816
- Decouche v. SavetierNew York Court of Chancery · 1817
- Ruggles v. KeelerNew York Supreme Court · 1808
- Pearsall v. DwightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1806
- Smith v. SmithNew York Supreme Court · 1807
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Campbell v. HoltSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Sun Oil Co. v. WortmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Pearsall v. DwightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1806
- Townsend v. JemisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
- Lincoln v. BattelleNew York Supreme Court · 1831
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