McDowell v. G. C. Collier & Son

Opinion by

White, P. J.

§ 266. Limitation; immigrant; debt not evidenced by writing. Article 3224 of the Revised Statutes provides that: “No demand against any person who shall hereafter remove to this state, incurred prior to his removal, shall be barred by the statute of limitations, until he shall have resided in this state for the space of twelve months.” In the preceding article (3223), actions against an immigrant, barred by limitation of''the country from which he emigrated, are expressly inhibited. But if the claim is barred by the limitations of this state, and the defendant has been a…