Baltimore & Havre de Grace Turnpike Co. v. Barnes
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Harford county court. The appellants brought an action of assumpsit against the appellee, on the 25th of January 1819. The defendant below pleaded, 1. Non ttsmhpsá.
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Appeal from Harford county court. The appellants brought an action of assumpsit against the appellee, on the 25th of January 1819. The defendant below pleaded, 1. Non ttsmhpsá. Non assumpsit infra tres annos; and 8. Bctió accrevit infra ires annos, (General replications and issues ioined. ¡At the trial the plaintiffs offered iti evidence an act of the general assembly passed at December session 1813, cli, 167, entitled, “An act to incorporate a company ip make a turnpike road from the fcity of Baltimore to Havre de-Grace,” which, amongst other things, authorised a subscription for 800 shares…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of. the court was delivered by
Martin, J.
This was an action brought to recover the price of-four shares in The Baltimore fy Plavre-cle- Grace. Turnpike Company, amounting to §100; this sum was to be paid in five instalments of §20 each, four of those instalments vyere due before the, 1st of January, 1816, the last on the l()th of- March in the same year, The defendant relied on the statute of limitations, and the court instructed the j.ui-y, that from the evidence, the plaintiffs were-barred of- their right of. action, by the pleas of the defendant.
The plaintiffs had a right to…
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