Wolfe v. Whiteman

On a note payable on or after sight, the act of limitation does not begin to run until si demand is made.

A presentment with a request of payment, or a new note, is a good demand.

This was an action of assumpsit on a promissory note, dated' August 29th, 1837, payable thirty days after sight. The defence was the act of limitation, and set off of a book account, beginning in 1825, and ending in 1830 ; to which the plaintiff replied the act of limitation. The plaintiff proved the execution of the note and a presentment, about August 20th, 1843, for payment or a new note,, with a view to prevent the running of the act.

replied that this note_bein^^payable thirty days after sight, the cause of action' did not ©ee-úr, and the statute could not begin to run until a demand ; that there was.no evidence of a presentment previous to August, 1843 ; and that the demand for payment, or a new note, was a lawful presentment: of which opinion was the court; and the matters of discount being clearly barred by the statute, the plaintiff had a verdict for the amount of the note with interest from the time of presentment. (Chitty on Cont. 311; 2 Taunt. 323.)