Sullivan v. Marshall

The defendant’s answer contains a denial of the allegations of the plaintiff’s bill together with a brief statement to the effect that no demand was made upon her as required by section 1 of chapter 302 of the Public Laws (R. L., c. 355, s. 1), and that suit was not brought “within two years next after the original grant of administration” (P. L., c. 302, s. 5; R. L., c. 355, s. 5). This answer is a sufficient plea in bar to the plaintiff’s claim. Amoskeag Mfg. Co. v. Barnes, 48 N. H. 25, 29.

The plaintiff contends, however, that the sections above cited do not apply to the maintenance of an…