Farrow v. Farrow
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Hardin District Court. — Hon. C. G. Lee, Judge. Action on a promissory note. Defense, Statute of Limitations. Reply, Defendant had been out of the state and a non-resident so as to avoid the running of the statute.
1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, J.
This is an action at law on a promissory note for $596.20, dated November 6, 1875, and due one year after date, with interest at the rate of ten per cent, per annum. The note was made by one Moses Farrow to one Abigail Peterson, the mother of the plaintiff, and indorsed to plaintiff July 3, 1880, with an indorsement of payment thereon of $200 September 23, 1878.
The defendant admitted the execution of the note and, as a defense thereto, pleaded the following: First. That the *89cause of action sued on did not accrue at any time within ten years next preceding the commencement of the action, and…
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