Doughty v. Bayne

The question here is whether or not certain statements made by the defendant-appellant, John E. Doughty, were sufficient to permit a jury to find that he had acknowledged a debt which otherwise would have been barred by the Statute of Eimitations. The plaintiff-appellee, Clarence E. Bayne, brought suit in the Circuit Court ffor Worcester County upon a note allegedly made by Doughty. The case was removed for trial to Somerset County, where a jury found for Bayne. A motion for judgment n. o. v. or for a new trial was denied, judgment was entered for Bayne upon the jury’s verdict, and Doughty…