Case Name: Kirkman v. Hendrick, Adm'r
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1852
Citations: 8 Tex. 253
Docket Number: 
Parties: Kirkman v. Hendrick, Adm’r.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Reports
Volume: 8
Pages: 127–127

Head Matter:
Kirkman v. Hendrick, Adm’r.
Where suit was instituted on the 2(ith of August, 1846, on a judgment rendered in the State of Alabama in October, 1841: Held, That a demurrer to the petition was properly sustained, on the ground that the action was barred by the act of limitations of 1846. (Hart. Dig., art. 2399.)
Error from Harrison. 'The cause of action was a judgment rendered in the Circuit Court of the State of Alabama in the month of October, 1841. The pet ¡(¡on was filed on the 26th August, 1846. The defendant demurred, and the demurrer was sustained.
W. P. Hill, for plaintiff in error. \
o’. M. Adams, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
Hemphill, Oír. J.
Títere is no error in the judgment of the court. The suit ua-> barred by tlie 4th section of the act of June 2Sth, 1845. (Art. 2399, I >ig.) The judgment being of more than two years' standing, suit should have been brought within six months after the passage of the statute. (Robinson v. Peyton, 4 Tex. R., and Pryor v. The Administrators of G. Moore, decided at tliis term.)
Judgment affirmed.