Shields v. Brundige

The facts are stated in the opinion of the court, delivered by

Mathews, J.

The plaintiff, as holder of certain promissory notes made payable to one E. T. Hale, and by him endorsed in blank, sues by attachment to recover the amount of these notes from the maker.

The counsel appointed to defend the absent debtor pleaded in defence the prescriptions of five and ten years. This plea was sustained by the court below, and judgement accordingly rendered, from which the plaintiff appealed.

The most important question presented in this case for decision, arises out of the circumstance of the payment of…