Davis v. . Cooke

The plaintiff Mary Davis attained her full age on 1 January, 1808, at which time she was under coverture, and it is contended on behalf of the defendant that she was bound to sue within three years from that period, as the proviso of the act extends only to that disability which existed when the cause of action accrued.

It has been taken for granted in the argument, that on the authority of adjudged cases, if Mary was obliged to sue within three years after her coming of age, and the statute has barred her right, it operates also to bar the right of the coplaintiff, who was and still continues…