McDonald v. . Dickson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Petition to rehear, decided at October Term, 1882, of 'The Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
We are asked to re-consider the decision rendered in this cause at October Session, 1881, (85 N.C. 248) and our attention is called to the effect of the partial payment made on May 9th, 1871, and within the ten years preceding the application for leave to issue execution, in removing the bar of the statute of limitations relied on as a defence.
Under the former system, there was no period prescribed within which actions must be brought on judgments rendered, except those before a justice of the peace, or on scaled obligations other than official bonds, and the lapse of time only raised a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Green v. Greensboro Female CollegeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1880
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- Town of Edenton v. WoolSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1871
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