...to avoid the statute of limitations. An action on the case(<sQ was brought upon promises, to which the defendant pleaded the general issue and the statute of limitations. The plaintiff replied, that within six years after the cause in the first count accrued, namely, on the...

...an action ofassumpsit against the administrator, for money had and received to the plaintiff's use. The defendant pleaded the general issue ; and the statute of limitations. The plaintiff replied, and stated that the recitals in the indenture of assignment were false, inasmuch...

...Id., for work and labour performed by him, as an attorney, for the defendant, in the year 1809. — The defendant pleaded the general issue, and the statute of limitations. The cause was tried before Mr. Justice Holrayd, at the last assizes at Taunton, when, on behalf of the...

...of the Court. This was an action of assumpsit brought by the plaintiff in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, and county...him soon after the commencement of the suit, said thai the plaintiff need not have sued him, for if he had come forward and settled certain claims which...

...Peere Williams, 570. THORPE & UXOR P. BOOTH. THIS was an action against the maker of a promissory note. The defendant pleaded the general issue and the statute of limitations. The note had been given to the plaintiff's wife before her marriage. The following is a copy of the note...

...as executor, to the Plaintiffs as assignees, after the bankruptcy of Smith, and the death of Hunter. The Defendant pleaded the general issue and the statute of limitations. The Plaintiffs replied, that when the causes of action accrued Hunter was beyond seas, where he continued...

...asaumpsit upon a promissory note for the sum of 2001. with interest, dated 26th September, 1811, to which the defendant pleaded the general issue, and the statute of limitations. The cause was tried before Mr. Justice Bayley, at York; and the report, sent in by that learned Judge,...

...Head was plaintiff, and Simon George Purdon, esq., defendant. The damages were laid at 20,000^, and the defendant pleaded the general issue and the statute of limitations. The parties are cousins-german, and reside on the borders of the river Shannon, in the county of Tipperary....

...Head was plaintiff, and Simon George Purdon, esq., defendant. The damages were laid at 20,000/., and the defendant pleaded the general issue and the statute of limitations. The parties are cousins-germau, and reside on the borders of the river Shannon, in the county of Tipperary....

...Elizabeth Waller, and Hester Ann Waller, infants, who sued by their next friend Harmon Cox, plaintiffs. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and the statute of limitations. The cause came on for trial before EARLE, J., at Fall Term, 1841, when a verdict was rendered for the plain...