Adams v. Johnson
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit, upon a note, for $21,45, dated, August 2, 1813, made by the defendant, and payable to the plaintiffs, on demand with interest. The suit was commenced on the 29th June, 1830. The defendant pleaded in bar, that the cause of action did not accrue at any time within six years next before the commencement of the suit.
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Assumpsit, upon a note, for $21,45, dated, August 2, 1813, made by the defendant, and payable to the plaintiffs, on demand with interest. The suit was commenced on the 29th June, 1830. The defendant pleaded in bar, that the cause of action did not accrue at any time within six years next before the commencement of the suit. To this the plaintiffs replied, that,, from the 15th October, 1813, to the 25th July, 1828, the said Johnson resided without the limits of this state, and did not leave property or estate therein that could, by the common and ordinary process of law, be attached. To this…
1Opinion of the Court
By the court.
The cause of action, in this case, accrued on the 2d August, 1813.
The statute of June 16, 1791, enacted, that all actions upon the case should be barred, unless commenced within six years after the cause of action accrued. But it was provided, in that statute, that if any person, against whom there was any cause of action, was without the state at the time the same accrued, and left here no property or estate that could, by common process, be attached, then, the action might be commenced at any time *120within six years after his return. That statute remained in force until the 30th…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Dow v. NorrisSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1827