Runnells v. Jacobs

This .cause is before the Court upon appeal from the Court of Chancery Appeals. Among other matters involved, the controlling question is the proper construction and application of Chapter 9, Acts of 1885. So far as necessary to be quoted, it reads as follows: “Liens on realty retained in favor of vendors on the face of a deed, also mortga*398ges, deeds of trust and assignments of realty executed to secure debts, shall be barred and the liens discharged, unless suit to enforce the»same be brought within ten years from the maturity of the debt; provided, that this statute shall not run against…