State ex rel. Chatham National Bank v. Finn
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St.Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. W. H. Horner, Judge. (1) The making of the order of December 7, 1880, was such a demand upon the sheriff as to put in force the operation of statute of limitations. State ex rel. v. Minor, 44 Mo. 376 ; Kirie v. Sportsman, 48 Mo. 383; State ex rel. v. Spencer, 79 Mo. 314; State ex rel. v. Lidwell, 11 Mo.
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Appeal from St.Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. W. H. Horner, Judge. (1) The making of the order of December 7, 1880, was such a demand upon the sheriff as to put in force the operation of statute of limitations. State ex rel. v. Minor, 44 Mo. 376 ; Kirie v. Sportsman, 48 Mo. 383; State ex rel. v. Spencer, 79 Mo. 314; State ex rel. v. Lidwell, 11 Mo. App. 567. (2) The statute of limitations, having once been set in motion, continued to run, and no act of the court or of the parties could, or did, suspend its operation. Cunningham v. Snow, 82 Mo. 593. (3) The subsequent order of the court,…
1Opinion of the CourtEat, C. J.
— This is an action begun on May 9, 1884, against John Finn and sureties, on his official bond as sheriff of the city of St. Louis. The official bond was executed and approved December 27, 1879, and the condition of said obligation is that: “Whereas the said John Finn was, on the fifth day of November, 1878, duly and regularly elected sheriff of the city of St. Louis, and was duly commissioned, and whereas, by order of the circuit court made on the twenty-ninth day of November, 1879, said John Finn was ordered to give a new bond in lieu of the bond approved on November 21, 1878: Now,…
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