West v. Pickesimer
West v. Pickesimer
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court:
The question submitted is, whether the plaintiff’s replication is-a sufficient answer to the defendant’s special plea in bar. By the-replication, the fact relied upon to avoid the statute of limitations is, that neither the plaintiff nor her intestate were ever within*
It has been repeatedly decided by the Supreme Court of the United States, that the expressions “beyond sea,” “out of the Estate," are analogous. 3 Cranch, 174; 7 Cranch, 525; 3 Wheat. 541; 11 Wheat. 361. In conformity with these authorities, we have uniformly so held upon the circuit, when called upon ■to give a construction to our acts of limitation.
The plaintiff, by her replication, shows herself within the exception or saving clause of the statute, and is entitled to judgment ■on the demurrer.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Hester West, Adm'x of John West v. Samuel Pickesimer, otherwise called Samuel B. Hymer
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- Published