Richards v. Bickley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
DEMURRER. Debt to July term, 1815, on a-judgment in the island of Barbadoes, in which Mark Richards, administrator de bonis non of Samuel Francis Lightfoot, deceased, was substituted for David, Brodie, administrator, &c., who died after the commencement of this suit against Abraham Bickley,. administrator of Thomas Bickley Polgreen, deceased, of the goods unadmiiiistered by Susanna Dorothy'Polgreen, his widow. ■ The declaration was as follows: Abraham Bickley, administrator…
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DEMURRER. Debt to July term, 1815, on a-judgment in the island of Barbadoes, in which Mark Richards, administrator de bonis non of Samuel Francis Lightfoot, deceased, was substituted for David, Brodie, administrator, &c., who died after the commencement of this suit against Abraham Bickley,. administrator of Thomas Bickley Polgreen, deceased, of the goods unadmiiiistered by Susanna Dorothy'Polgreen, his widow. ■ The declaration was as follows: Abraham Bickley, administrator of the goods and chattels, rights and credits, which were of Thomas Bickley Polgreen, deceased, at-the time of his…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Duncan, J.
The plea of causa actionis non accrevit infra sex annos, was first offered when the jury was impannelled, under the act of 1806. I recommended it to the counsel to put in the plea, and on demurrer, the question whether in an action of debt on a judgment in Barhadoes, which judgment was founded on a specialty, as appeared by the declaration, the statute of limitations was a good plea, would be decided in bank. This has been done.
If this be a defence, the adjudged cases prove that it may be taken advantage of on the plea of nil debet, but the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ex parte Van AernamU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1854
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