Hulburt v. Merriam
Michigan Supreme Court
Case reserved from the Wayne Circuit. The 10th section of the limitation law of the Territory of Michigan, adopted May 15th, 1820, as printed, reads as follows : “ This act shall not extend to bar any infant, feme, covert, person imprisoned, or beyond seas, or without the. United States,” &e.
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Case reserved from the Wayne Circuit. The 10th section of the limitation law of the Territory of Michigan, adopted May 15th, 1820, as printed, reads as follows : “ This act shall not extend to bar any infant, feme, covert, person imprisoned, or beyond seas, or without the. United States,” &e. But the original act on file in the Secretary’s office, with the origmal signatures of the Governor, and Judges, reads thus: “ Sec. 10. This, act shall not extend, to bar any infant, feme covert, person imprisoned, or,(beyond seas) without the United States, &c., with the words. “ beyond seas” erased by…
1Opinion of the Court
By tbe Court,
Whipple, J.
The Revision of 1838 provides that when a cause of action shall have accrued “ before the 31st day of August, 1838, it shall not be affected by this chapter ; but all such causes of action shall be determined agreeably to the law under which the right of action accrued.”
This provision received from this Court an interpretation in the case of Cramer vs. Lastley, 2 Doug. 307; and the view taken by us in that case, was confirmed by an act of the Legislature, in 1843. Under these acts and the construction given to them by this Court, the questions submitted for our advice…
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