Eastern State Hospital v. Graves' Committee
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond in a proceeding by motion for a judgment. Judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The only question involved in this writ of error is whether or not the statute of limitations runs against the claim sued on, which is for hoard and medical attention furnished Richard C. Graves as an inmate of the Eastern State Hospital.
It is settled law that the statute of limitations, unless the statute expressly so provides, does not run against the State, and that this exemption applies to debts and demands of a personal nature in favor of the State as well as to real estate held by it. Wood on Lim. (3d ed.), sec. 52; Kemp v. Com’th., 1 H. & M. 85; Nimo v. Com’th., 4 H. & M. 57, 4 Am.…
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