Oliver v. Gray
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Baltimore County Court. This was an actio» of assumpsit brought by the appellant, Robert Oliver, surviving partner of John Oliver, against the appellee, and one Robert Taylor, (who was returned non est,) for money-had and received; for money lent and advanced; for money laid out, expended and paid; on an insimul computassent, and on a promissory note.
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Appeal from Baltimore County Court. This was an actio» of assumpsit brought by the appellant, Robert Oliver, surviving partner of John Oliver, against the appellee, and one Robert Taylor, (who was returned non est,) for money-had and received; for money lent and advanced; for money laid out, expended and paid; on an insimul computassent, and on a promissory note. The writ was issued on the 14th of March 1823. The defendant pleaded non assumpsit, non assumpsit infra tres annos, and actio non accrevit infra Ires annos. To which there were the general replications, and issues joined. At the…
1Opinion of the Court
Buchanan, Ch. J.
delivered the opinion of the Court. The appellee rests his defence upon the act of limitations of this state, on the effect and operation of which we are called upon to decide; and we approach the subject not'without hesitation, surrounded and obscured-as it is, by a cloud of discordant adjudications. Perhaps there is not a British statute which has given birth to so many conflicting .decisions, as the statute of the 21 James I, ch. 16, the statute of limitations of that country; and we are familiar with the expressions of regret, by the eminent men who have sat in the…
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