Legal Opinion

Dixon v. Wallace

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided December 19, 1874Published

APPEAL FROM FLEMING CIRCUIT COURT.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Lindsay :

From the date of the last credit on the note sued on, up to the institution of this action, there was a period of fifteen years, one month and a few days.

Mrs. Wallace lived out of this state for about seven years, but she frequently visited Flemingburg, and her visits were open and known to the appellant, Dixon. He might have sued her on any of these visits, if he had chosen to do so. Her removal from the state did not, as matter of fact, obstruct him in coercing the payment of the debt by legal proceedings, and did not, therefore, suspend the running of the statute.…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Ridgeley v. PriceCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1855

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