New York Supreme Court, 1841

Fisher v. Pond

Fisher v. Pond
New York Supreme Court · Decided October 15, 1841 · Bronson
1 Hill & Den. 672

Counsel

H. A. Foster, for the plaintiffs,, M. T. Reynolds, for the defendant.

Fisher v. Pond

Opinion of the Court

By the Court, Bronson, J.

Whether the plea is false or-not, is more a question of law, than it is one of fact. It depends on the inquiry, whether the statute of limitations commenced running immediately after the return day of the execu-, tion; and that is not a matter to be settled in this way.

The plea may be bad because it says, not guilty within, three years, instead of alleging that the action did not ac-. *673crue within that time. (2 R. S. 296, § 22. Dyster v. Battye, 3 B. & Ald. 438.) But that question is not now before us, for this is neither a demurrer, nor a motion to strike out the plea as frivolous.

Motion denied.

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