Legal Opinion

Roemilie v. Leeper

Texas Commission of Appeals

Decided July 1, 1881No. 3688Published

Appeal from Gollin county. Opinion by Delaney, J.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion.— When, in reply to a plea of the statute of limitations, a plaintiff would set up some disability which protects him against the bar of the statute, he should state *536when the disability commenced, and the extent of its duration, or his pleading will be fatally defective. But the opposite party may waive the defect; and if he does so, and evidence is admitted under the defective pleading, it is too late to make the objection upon appeal. 44 Tex., 446; 27 Tex., 357. Section 14, article 12, of the constitution did not change the common-law construction of the statute of limitations, but…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. French v. StrumbergTexas Supreme Court · 1879
  2. Deaton v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1876

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