, 1880-10-22
THE COURTS.
Judge B!odgett on the Statute OF
Limitations.
Two Hen on Trlnl for Mnrtler-The
Hyde park Hotel Property.
Record Of Judgments, New Suits, Divorce
Business, Etc.

TIE STATUTE OE LIMITATIONS.
A question Ut sone interest as 10 tho 0porat tion
Aof tho statntu nf limitations was decided yeAtcr
tlay morning i,y yJulHo ntolaett III tho cAso Ut
Chnrlcs OsKootl nrntust Robert Art. This nas
MI action O,t Troslissory i,oto for Sas,GOQ with
Interest ut 10 per cent per nnnnm, matlo by tho
defendant III laa7 IN MD uf tho l,nctno + silssis-
stppi 1sat,rond enterprise. Tho notn was one OF
Il considerable number Of notes and mortgages
glvun IN hlf nf tho construction Or this road,
hut rte aurrGfto Court tits held that tho mart.
gagcs could mt ho enforced on nccullnt Of fall
tifu 0f consideration. Tho present case,
however, WINS brought by nn tlihor1co. Tho note
.y9s made parable 1T llacine, WIS.,, anu tho do
fcndant reltpsi chiefly OF tho statute Ut ltmtn-
tions Of tho State nf Wisconsin,. TO his plcas
setting up this statute the plaintiff tctnurrcd.
Tho Court, aflcr hcnt,uR clabor,tu arguments,
hcltt TINT tho statute uf limitations Of tho ttntc
0f Wisconsin, .fFl not apply IN tho present case,
0ccu1so, although the language Of tho net was
When cnusU or hcttot hAd Mr!sen In II Statn
or Yortitury out OF this Stntc." the tieaniug OF
tho Legislature WINS, when tho rlaintlH hnd hid
mn opportunity u SIG and obtain pcrsonnl
Fervtco upon tho defendant in tho
foreign atntc, AMI tho statute Of TINT StntG tRd
ruin, th0n tho Acton w0slld tto barred, md also
becanae tho right ut nat!on III tho present caso
hhd accr,lcd t,ofuro thh Mloption Of this statutg
sy the Legislature nf this H,ntr THO right nf
nctin,,, therefore, was reserved to tho plaintiffs
tho atnautg. Tho plaintiff demurrer was thore.
fore sustnnct1.
Tho dcto1,lant a!su tlcm,rrctl to the plaintiffs
tllt tho reritcAtinns ahui1t! nvcr TINT tho lle-
feuaht hui returned tu this STATIC, al,d clltuiett
tlAt tho stAtuto Ut limitations rnn during tho
nbsetsve Ut tho defendant from tho Stnte, ard
that tho Gntlse Of nction WINS revived on ilis re-
tnrn, mud thl.t, therefore. II WIS unnecessary for
ttan. Thu Court hawnver. ilel,l tint this vIow
wns incorrect, TINT tho cauetos ngtton wns s.is.
ns.dGa only by TIE absence from the State. anl
,nnEryr to ,ho p'aintlil's rcplloadons wis there
Tho Court nlso sntd. In rendering bis decision.
that from M examination If tho authorities ho
wns antstlc1 TINT under tho Fcdcrll ttcols!ons,
statute Of Limitations was within tho cnntrDl ~
the legislatures 0t lhe States, nnt TINT they tnl
So St @ 5 q m taf III, saso f"r ad ,hs at tho
sons nbovo given.
TIE THIRD NATIONAL HANK.
Mr., II. W. Juckso,, 1ln 1tacnlver Of tho Third
National Hank. ycsterdny Tiled report scttlng
out that nYter giving threu weeks nnt1ce by
nublicnt'on, as required by the Court, ho had oI,
Wednesday SOLD certain Of tho bunk property. ns
fol,ows illock ~ Of tho subtlivlsun Of lots
narkt'l " Grounds fur tho Presbyterian Thoo-
logical souinnry OF tho Northwest" otnerwIso
known us tho Hyde Park ttotcl, to reyton Il.
Chnullicr for sp,OUu; she uropo:ty On tho sa,itl-
Gust enrser ~ CGttaxu 4irove ayeiiue atsd Two.,-
ty-thlr.l street tn J. Irving pcnrco fur ~, ,a00;
'$0,al: Mn,l M .llD nsiiana avenue to Mr. Pcaru4,
fnr k1.9d0. Tho cntt9He Grove avenue pro1irrt,
il,.!eo aid lot is nrpsnlseff ut <s5s Anl tho WI
bush nyon!o rnsi'loDsc ut fl1,U1; hut IN tho
wllno tho ltceGlycr thinks tho sales go01l ones,
ittltl AlyisrH thur acceptance. Thn Controller,
J. J. knox. ant! some 0f tho etockh11tlars OF tho
lnst'k Nro a!su Ut tho anaaa Op!.sIt1. r:,lo WIS
tssAea by Judge llltkHett on NIL parties inter
estol .t0 shuw cauea by Nov. why tho sale
should not bo approved.