Allen v. Stephens

1. As a general rule, “where a right depends upon some condition or contingency, the cause of action accrues and the statute runs-only from the fulfilment of the condition or contingency.”, This is true because “it is a general rule of law that if a plaintiff sues on a cause of action, he must recover, once for all, all damages incident to it, past, present and future, certain or contingent.” 13 Am. & Eng. Ene. L. pp. 720-721, 722-723.

2. Accordingly, where a party’s right to recover a greater or less fractional part of a sum of money in the hands of another depended upon whether a widow did…