Smith v. Hudspeth

Bleckley, Justice.

The action was commenced in 1877 upon notes due in 1868, and upon an account contracted in 1870. The ordinary period of limitation applicable to the notes is six, and to the account four years. Code, §§2917, 2918. But where, as here, the debtor is dead, his administrator is allowed twelve months to look into the condition of Ms estate, (Code, §2530,) and during that interval is exempt from suit. Of course, too, there can be no action between the death of the intestate and the grant of administration, for there is no party who can be made defendant. This declaration is in the…