Erskine v. Messicar

The only question in this case is whether a cause of action which accrued in Canada on a promissory note, in *85May, 1854, in favor of a Canadian resident who has never been within the United States, against persons who then lived in Canada, but had been in Michigan more than ten years before suit brought, is barred.

It is claimed that by section 7 of the statute of limitations all personal actions must be brought within ten years, if the plaintiff has continued abroad.

That section is as follows: “ All personal actions on any contract, not limited by the foregoing sections, or by any law of this…