Townsend v. Jemison
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the District Court of-the United States for the Middle District of • Alabama. Townsend was a citizen of the State of Mississippi, and Jemison of Alabama. In September, 1844, Jemison brought a suit, in the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama, against Townsend, who was in Alabama.
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This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the District Court of-the United States for the Middle District of • Alabama. Townsend was a citizen of the State of Mississippi, and Jemison of Alabama. In September, 1844, Jemison brought a suit, in the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama, against Townsend, who was in Alabama. The nature of the suit is explained in the following short specification of claim, filed by the counsel for the plaintiff. “ This action is brought to recover damages for the nonperformance of an agreement made by the defendant with…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
This suit has been brought here from the District Court of the United States for the, Middle District of Alabama. The defendant in the court below, appellant here, besides other pleas, pleaded that the cause of action accrued in Mississippi more than three years before the suit was brought; and that the Mississippi statute of limitations barred a recovery in the District Court of Alabama. The plaintiff demurred to the plea. ■ The court sustained the demurrer.
We do not think it necessáry to do more than to decide this point in the case.
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