Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-10-29

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Bot. It may BE sid. integrity and Uprfghtne=s
demand that plaintiff, il any cause, should
fz.Te fair siire-t sls=c TO his demand. and the
plea Of Limitation i N evasion neither admit
ttn- nor denying pisintifi : ciail0-in short i
. r3@re ssIiteEfuge To SHE'D fair investigation Of
rzht its true. the plea neither zyprstsiy admits
nor denies debt; IKE choose this case for iliustra
iioaJ ret Il does implicitly and in effect amount
% : II1Sitive denial Of an existing debt The
fA7T p=eSuu,es ihat debt, standing as long ur-
presented, has been satisfied, and by statute
declares tin efI-ct-gaid Nor this Is only
= fiction, II Is true, but defendant. hy pleading
the statute =lleEz the justice Of ihs leal pte-+
Sumption IN ms pzTtIculgr case, aud 1IEErses me
trttd Of 'Ehat the statute deciaseS, 70 wit, that
The dsBf Is p1i4. Il i, therefore, IN its pTactic-
Il and Legal effect. however else il may seem. =
positive denial Of the business Of the plaintiff
derna=d.
SILL It mar he insisted, it T.Fts into mans
hands the power OF defeating, not only unjust
but jVst demands. Il certainly does, and, we
wIl add, the person using that power, Is unac
countable for, and is nnrestrained in its most
iniquit0us use Ii may be, and indeed often Is
a powerful engine OF wickednesS; vet, all that
We have conceded may, with truth be said Of
the most righteous plea that can be pleaded in
any action Let us suppose another case: A
I for \ good consideration, promises to pay to
( B. the debt Of c., but As promise Is verbal
only AID not in writing. 3. produces in
court dozen witnesses, ready to prove the
4 promise Of A and TO this demand A. pleads non
IssgRPsit, (the general denial of i.ile5tneSs)
now, though, in equity and Conscience, a debt
Is Justly owed by 4 to +, yet As promise not
having been in writing his plea Of non assuNp-
sis utterly defeats the demand Of b and that
without even investigating its merits. VIII 1t
hence be said that the plea of non GssHmpSit Is
an Ubiquitous one: With the same proPriety it
may be said, that the plea Of Limitation Is an
immoral one Each may shut the door to the
honest investigation of truth; each may operate
/ to work fraud; each may shelter dishonest
debtor from his creditors just demand and each
may Illustrate the aims and ends Of the civil
la|. Thus, the same argument may be used
against the one IS the other, vet who has been
heard to say that because the plea of non nssniH-
at rnay be used for an unTighteOuS purpose,
II is Therefore an unrighteouS defence at laT:
Il may he well to look at the opinions of some
Of our best and Wisest men in regard to the
business OF the Statute Of Limitations Its OBJ
iject. fccTtsihly very worthy one) says Lord
Chief Justice IenteTien. was, ito protect per-
sons who were supposed 20 have paid the debt
but 10 have lost the evidence Of payment -
Las writers, upon that subject, invariably in
troll1ee their remarks upon the statute, with
noticing the obvious importance Of a tune OF
limitation for all actions As 10 real property,
say they, its security Is absolutely Necessary
u the seli being Of state, and that security
cannot be attained II dormant claims be allowed
% SsreEail over long and 1Bfisturbri possession.
As 20 personal actions. BlAnShard, An eminent
Eif=iish ETiteF remarks, that -On the Who1e,
there eassrnt be doubt bat that the limitation
e time for bringing such actions, +, IA m
E{JAsst degTee. advantageous Othe fsir tTsdeI
zfsf the suzn q integritF-T Lord Chief Justice
HIT ons q the most upright and honest judge
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p,esd5sg thereof no di<Tzragsment n ans
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qogfinZ sEn0slgEt his rszsoEs. The rel establish
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oEe. II ~ fait HiE1a. says Wilkinson. , cele
brsti sn'isoT. III statute Isayin one OF two case
tarplgh ilie iaehes Of the parry, have barred
just deHEssd,;; vet u has The eozstanf effect o
shifting ont unjust Claims f51Iidesi on expert
trisigEtune, IN the chance Of voucher being los
or fBiliaii.7 anil Chief Bacon Richards has re
marked that infinite injastiee Rad been pre-
Teated by II" Lord Kenyon Eas went TO cal
it a statute Of repoSe,T because on it the Sc
endty q all u1en depends It's dangeTcu
iaist 70 perjury, to permit evidence Of old ans