Grice v. Jones

The CHIEF JUSTICE

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This was an action of detinue, brought by Jones, as administrator, for a negro man, of the property of his intestate. The defendant plead the general issue, and the statute of limitations. To this last plea, the plaintiff replied, that the action was not barred at the death of his intestate, and had not been barred since he became administrator. To this replication the defendant demurred. The Circuit Court gave judgement for the plaintiff, sustaining his replication, and Grice assigns this as error.

When the statute of limitations begins to…