McMahan v. Dorchester Fertilizer Co.

On July 3, 1943, the Dorchester Fertilizer Company, a body corporate, entered suit against Harry W. McMahan, a farmer, of Caroline County, on his sealed promissory note for $370.92, dated December 1, 1930, and payable on June 1, 1931, and obtained a judgment by confession against him for $526.57 and $52.65 as attorney’s fee for collection. On motion of defendant the Court struck out the judgment. Defendant then pleaded that the cause of action accrued more than twelve years before institution of suit. When the case was tried on May 11, 1944, defendant admitted that the two partial payments…