Murtaugh v. Murphy

May 10, 1887, the appellee sued upon an account beginning in January, 1880. An issue was made upon the statute of limitations of five years. There was no evidence of any promise, and of payment, only her testimony that “ whenever I needed money for my own use I got it from him. This I did on several occasions since 1880. The last payment I got from him was §9, in the fall of 1885, to pay a balance I owed a carpet weaver.”

The appellant testified that she did his washing for the rent, and never asked him for any money. Upon another point the appellant was contradicted by other testimony.

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