Supreme Court of New Hampshire, 1889

Locke v. First National Bank of Gonic

Locke v. First National Bank of Gonic
Supreme Court of New Hampshire · Decided June 5, 1889 · Allen, Carpenter
19 A. 571; 65 N.H. 670

Locke v. First National Bank of Gonic

Opinion of the Court

Allen, J.

The agreed facts are a deposit and promise to pay to the plaintiff’s intestate, March 11, 1872; and no new promise was ever made to him in his lifetime, nor to his administrator since his death, which occurred more than six years after his pi’omise. The statute of limitations being pleaded on the facts stated, the maintenance of the action is barred.

Judgment for the defendants.

Carpenter, J., did not sit: the others concurred.

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