Clark v. Kellar
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 70 — PETITION ORDINARY — APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. CITED— « Revised Statutes, p. 432; Civil Code, sec. 65. 18 B. Mon., 238; 7 B. Mon., 315. 7 B. Mon., 116; 2 B. Mon., 470. 13 B. Mon., 410-11; 13 B. Mon., 310. 1 Met., 149 ; 2 Dana, 406; 6 B. Mon., 447. CITED— 7 B. Mon., 315; Bray vs. Howard, fyc. Angelí on Limitations, sec. 330. 9 Paige’s (N. Y.) Ch. Ií.,,512 ; Hayden vs. Bucklin. 1 Paige, 564; Webb vs. Pell.
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CASE 70 — PETITION ORDINARY — APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. CITED— « Revised Statutes, p. 432; Civil Code, sec. 65. 18 B. Mon., 238; 7 B. Mon., 315. 7 B. Mon., 116; 2 B. Mon., 470. 13 B. Mon., 410-11; 13 B. Mon., 310. 1 Met., 149 ; 2 Dana, 406; 6 B. Mon., 447. CITED— 7 B. Mon., 315; Bray vs. Howard, fyc. Angelí on Limitations, sec. 330. 9 Paige’s (N. Y.) Ch. Ií.,,512 ; Hayden vs. Bucklin. 1 Paige, 564; Webb vs. Pell. Act of 1838, Limiting Actions, Lough., 558. 28 Pennsylvania R., 4 Casey, 261.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE WILLIAMS
delivered the opinion of the court:
It being about five years after the last process and return of not found until another process was sued out and executed, and Kellar residing all this time in the city of Louisville, where he resided when the account for merchandise was created, authorized the special find*224ing of the jury that the suit had not, in good faith, been prosecuted. To prevent the statute of limitations from running, a suit must be brought and prosecuted in good faith; and, if the time constituting the bar is permitted to elapse between the suing out of one process…
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