Ross v. Jones
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas; the case being thus: On the 11th of June, 1864,* Congress enacted that-: “Whenever, during the existence of the present rebellion, any action . . . shall accrue against any person who by reason of resistance to the execution of the laws of the United States, or the interruption of the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, cannot be served with process; or whenever after such action . . . shall have accrued…
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Error to the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas; the case being thus: On the 11th of June, 1864,* Congress enacted that-: “Whenever, during the existence of the present rebellion, any action . . . shall accrue against any person who by reason of resistance to the execution of the laws of the United States, or the interruption of the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, cannot be served with process; or whenever after such action . . . shall have accrued such person cannot, &c. “ The time during which such person shall so be beyond the reach of legal process, shall not be…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clifford
Two errors are assigned, as follows:
1st. That the court erred in sustaining the demurrer of the plaintiffs to the rejoinder filed by the defendant to the plaintiffs’ replication to the first special plea of the defendant.
2d. That the court erred in sustaining the demurrer of the plaintiffs to the third plea of the defendant.
I. Unsealed written contracts are barred by the statute of limitations of that State in five years from maturity, and it appears that the note described in the declaration matured on the first of November next after its date, but the record shows that the indorser deceased…
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