Taylor v. Slayton

This is an action by the appellant, a retail grocer, to collect an open account in the sum of $260.94. The only question is whether the trial court, sitting without a jury, was correct in holding the claim barred by the three-year statute of limitations. Ark. Stats. 1947, § 37-206.

The material facts are not in dispute, most of them having been stipulated. The account became inactive on February 8, 1951, when Slayton made his final purchase. The debt was concededly barred three years later, but in 1956 Slayton made two $5.00 payments upon the account, less than three years before this suit was…