Campbell v. . Brown

On the 7th day of April, 1852, the defendants gave their bond to the plaintiff, whereby they covenanted to pay him, nine months after that day, at Pittsburg, in Pennsylvania, the sum of $1,670.50, and upon which they made two payments, as endorsed thereon — one of $334.00 on the 23rd of April, 1855, and the other of $99.75, on the 23rd of January, 1857.

This action, which was begun on the 29th December, 1876, is brought to recover the balance due on said bond. The defence relied on is payment presumed under the statute from lapse of time since the date of the last payment.

On the trial the…