Succession of Ducker

Merrick, 0. J.

A majority of the court are of the opinion that the judgment of the lower court should not be disturbed, except so far as to amend the same by rejecting the payment of $2000 alleged to have been made to the Planters’ Bank.

The principal contest has arisen out of the construction of the statute of Mississippi, which declares that no action of debt shall be instituted on a judgment after the expiration of seven years after the date of said judgment. It is contended in this court, on the one hand, that this statute bars the right, and consequently can be invoked everywhere; on the…