Edgerton v. Wachter
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from Cass county district court. cited Carpenter v. Wells, 21 Barb., 594. Gans v. Frank, 36 Barb., 820. Yoorhies’ Code, sec. 100, note “ d.” Basset v. Basset, 55 Barb., 505. Cole v. Jessup, 10 N. Y., 96 and 107. Burroughs v. Bloomer, 5 Denio, 534. Cole v. Jessup, 10 How. Pr., 527. Cook v. Holmes, 29 Mo., 61. Johnson v. Smith, 43 Mo., 499.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
This case turns upon the construction of the provisions of the statute commonly called the Statute of Limitations. Section 11, of title H., chap. 57, General Statutes, provides that an action upon a contract not in writing, express or implied, shall be brought within four years. Section 20 is in the following language: “If when a cause of action accrues against a person, he be out of the state, or shall have absconded or concealed himself, the period limited for the commencement of the action shall not begin to *501run until he come into the state. * * * ” I understand the above language to mean…
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