Simpson v. Scott

Minnie Simpson, plaintiff below, recovered a verdict for $2500 against the executors of Richard Gilmore Haley on an alleged contract by which Haley paid her a small sum each month for domestic services and was to provide additional compensation for her by his will. The court below set this verdict aside on the ground that the plaintiff’s claim was barred by the three-year statute of limitation, Code, 1942 (Michie), sec. 5810. This writ of error challenges the correctness of that ruling.

The controlling issue is whether the statute began to run when the services ceased or when Haley died…