Eldridge v. Smith

The plaintiff sues as the surviving partner of the late firm of W. and E. H. Eldridge, upon an account due to that firm.

The items of the account are mostly for the hire and keeping of horses, the first item being in November, 1854, and the last one in December, 1872. The defendant, in his answer, set up the statute of limitations, and he also filed an account in set-off for medical services and medicines furnished the plaintiff from February, 1874, to May, 1882. The plaintiff’s partner died in January, 1872. The writ is dated December 28, 1884. It is obvious that all the items in the…