Scroggs v. Daugherty
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, Macon Circuit Court. I. The statute begins to run from the day respondent moved to Missouri. (7 Mo., 241; 15 Mo., 209.) IE. We ask the court to review and revise the decision in 22 Mo., 330.) I. Remedies on contracts are to be regarded and pursued according to the law of the place where the action is instituted ; and not by the law of the place where the contract is made.
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Appeal from, Macon Circuit Court. I. The statute begins to run from the day respondent moved to Missouri. (7 Mo., 241; 15 Mo., 209.) IE. We ask the court to review and revise the decision in 22 Mo., 330.) I. Remedies on contracts are to be regarded and pursued according to the law of the place where the action is instituted ; and not by the law of the place where the contract is made. (Bobb vs. Shipley, 1 Mo., 229 ; Cartmill vs. Hopkins, 2 Mo., 220; King vs. Lane, 7 Mo., 241; Broadhead vs. Noyes, 9 Mo., 56 ; Dorsey vs. Hardesty, la., 157 ; Carson vs. Hunter, 46 Mo., 467; Stephens vs. St.…
1Opinion of the Court
Vories, Judge,
delivered tbe opinion of the court.
This action was'brought on a promissory note.
The defendant pleaded payment, and also that the cause of action mentioned in the petition did,not accrue within ten years before the commencement of the suit.
The plaintiff replied, that the cause of action had commenced within ten years before the commencement of the suit, and also denied the payment.
The case was tried by the court, when the following fads appeared : At the time of the execution of the note, the 1st day of February, 1859, both plaintiff and defendant resided in Keokuk, in the State…
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