Ettl v. Rowe

OPINION

PRESLAR, Justice.

Appellee, John Rowe, as holder, sued appellant on a check drawn by appellant on which payment had been stopped. Judgment was for the plaintiff following a directed verdict. Questions presented on appeal are whether the two-year or four-year statute of limitations applies, and computa*387tion of the limitation period if the four-year statute applies.

The check was dated December 8, 1962; payment was refused on December 18, 1962; and suit was commenced on December 12, 1966.

Article 5527, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St., provides for a four-year statute of limitations on “actions for debt…