Adams v. Williams
Adams v. Williams
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
The tenth section of the act of Feb. 24,1844, Hutch. Code,
In view of these statutory provisions, after the decision of the case cited, it is plain that the six months, after the date of the letters of administration, are not to be computed as part of the one year after the date of the letters of administration, and that the effect of the several statutes on the subject is to allow an action to be brought, in the case of a person liable to an action, who dies before the action is barred, within one year and six months after the date of letters of administration. Putting sections 2162 and 2170 of the Code together, they produce this result. We deprecate the evil liable to result from these provisions, but cannot disregard their plain import.
Judgment affirmed.
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