Wright v. Johnson

Action by the appellees against the appellant upon a promissory note executed in May, 1858, by the appellant to the deceased, at Logansport, Indiana, for the sum of a little over one hundred dollars, payable generally without specified time or place, with interest from date.

Issue, trial by the court, finding and judgment for the plaintiffs, a motion for a new trial on behalf of the defendant being overruled.

The appellant, defendant below, pleaded in bar of the action the statute of limitations of the District of Columbia, in the United States, averring that he then was, and for the last ten…