State ex rel. Menard v. Pratte

This is an action brought by the governor, for the use of Pierre Menard, against-Joseph Pratte and Auguste St. Genome, on an administration bond executed by said Pratte and St. Genome as securities, and Marie .Therese St. Genome as principal, on the, tenth day' of May, in the year 1824.

The declaration shows that the administratrix was dead, but' does not show when she died. The defendants pleaded -—

1. That the cause of action did not accrue within seven years.

2. That it did not accrue within ten years.

The plaintiff demurred to these pleas, and the Circuit Court sustained the demurrer to the…