F. A. Boyle & Co. v. Kittredge

Plaintiffs sued tlie defendants on an open account for plantation supplies sold tliern on fourth, day of March, 18G1. Defendants pleaded the prescription of three and five years.

There was judgment in the court below in favor of defendants and plaintiffs have appealed.

The account seems to be prescribed on its face, having' been made on fourth March, 1861', and not sued upon till twenty-ninth March, 1867, when the defendants wore cited.

Plaintiffs have attempted to prove the. account was acknowledged by one of the defendants, Kittredge, in March, 1865.

They have offered but one witness, John H.…