Legal Opinion

McCormick v. Blanchard

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1879PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from Washington County. In July, 1866, the respondent, in the city of Chicago, 111., executed his promissory note to the appellants, promising to pay to them or their order, at their office in said city, on or before the first day of July, 1867, the sum of sixty-four dollars ($64.00), with interest on the same from date until paid, at the rate of seven per cent, per annum; that said note is due, and only the sum of eighteen dollars and eighteen cents has been paid on…

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Appeal from Washington County. In July, 1866, the respondent, in the city of Chicago, 111., executed his promissory note to the appellants, promising to pay to them or their order, at their office in said city, on or before the first day of July, 1867, the sum of sixty-four dollars ($64.00), with interest on the same from date until paid, at the rate of seven per cent, per annum; that said note is due, and only the sum of eighteen dollars and eighteen cents has been paid on said note, which was paid and indorsed thereon on the twenty-ninth day of November, 1871, etc. The complaint alleges…

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court,

Prim, J.:

The only question presented for determination in this case, is whether the note upon which this action is based was barred by the statute of limitations. It was executed in the state of Illinois, on the twenty-fifth day of July, 1866, and was payable to the appellants or order at their office in Chicago on the first day of July, 1867. At the time when this cause of action accrued all of these parties were residents of the state of Illinois, and continued to be so until about three years prior to the commencement of this action since which time respondent has resided in…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Swenson v. Administrators of WalkerTexas Supreme Court · 1848

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Jamieson v. PottsOregon Supreme Court · 1909
  2. West v. TheisIdaho Supreme Court · 1908
  3. Merchants & Planters National Bank of Sherman v. AppleyardSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1953
  4. Van Santvoord v. RoethlerOregon Supreme Court · 1899
  5. Kohan v. CohanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1988

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