Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1825

Wheeler v. Bent

Wheeler v. Bent
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided October 17, 1825
21 Mass. 167

Wheeler v. Bent

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

Let it be entered accordingly.1

Where computation of time is to be made from an act done, the day on which the act is done is to be included in the reckoning. Castle v. Burditt, 3 T. R. 623; S. P. Glassington, v. Rawlins, 3 East, 407; 4 Esp. R. 224. See Priest v. Tarlton, 3 N. Hamp. R. 93; State v. Jackson, 1 Southard, 323; Avery v. Stewart, 2 Connect. R. 77; Picket v. Allen, 10 Connect. R. 146.

Aliter in Maine, where the exclusion of the day on which the act is done will prevent an estoppel or save a forfeiture. Windsor v. China, 4 Greenl., 298. See Sims v. Hampton, 1 Serg. & Rawle, 411.

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