Fuller v. Hancock
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Eeeor to reverse a judgment of the County Court, in an action of debt, Hancock v. Fuller; declaring on a bond given to Thomas Hancock, dated the 29th of January, A. D. 1761, conditioned to paj £282 19s. 7d. lawful money, by the 1st of June then next, with lawful interest; writ dated 18th of October A. D. 1786. Plea in bar- — ■ The Statute of Limitation; and that the cause of action accrued more than seventeen years before the date and impetration of the plaintiff’s writ,…
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Eeeor to reverse a judgment of the County Court, in an action of debt, Hancock v. Fuller; declaring on a bond given to Thomas Hancock, dated the 29th of January, A. D. 1761, conditioned to paj £282 19s. 7d. lawful money, by the 1st of June then next, with lawful interest; writ dated 18th of October A. D. 1786. Plea in bar- — ■ The Statute of Limitation; and that the cause of action accrued more than seventeen years before the date and impetration of the plaintiff’s writ, exclusive of the time this state was engaged in war with Great Britain. Plaintiff replies — That he ought not to be barred;…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
The time which the state was engaged in the war, is to he computed from the 19th of April, A. D. 1775, to the 3d of April, A. D. 1783, when the armistice took place in America, and was never after interrupted; and that in-dorsements upon a bond doth not save it out of the Statute of Limitation. , i ¡ , ;
2Cited by1 opinion
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