Case ID: dc_2/html/0203-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Scott v. Lewis.
    If the statute of limitations be pleaded after the plea day, without leave of the Court, the plea will, on motion, be ordered to be stricken out.
    Assumpsit, upon a promissory note. The rule to plead expired on the second Monday of December, 1818. At the next term, the defendant pleaded the statute of limitations, which was entered (short) and issue joined by the clerk, under the agreement of the bar that the clerk should enter the pleas and make up the issues.
    
      Mr. Caldiuell, for the plaintiff,
    moved the Court to order the plea to be stricken out, under the general rule of the Court that the plea of limitations should not be received unless filed before the expiration of the rule to plead.
    
      Mr. Jones, for the defendant.
   The Court

(Thruston, J., contra,)

ordered the plea to be stricken out.