Case Name: John N. Link, County Judge, etc., v. R. K. Murphy et al.
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1883-10-13
Citations: 2 Wilson 21
Docket Number: No. 1533
Parties: John N. Link, County Judge, etc., v. R. K. Murphy et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Condensed Reports of Decisions in Civil Causes in the Court of Appeals
Volume: 2
Pages: 21–22

Head Matter:
John N. Link, County Judge, etc., v. R. K. Murphy et al.
(No. 1533.)
Appeal from Anderson County.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Hurt, J.
§ 13. Limitation; action on bond to recover hire of county convict, barred when. Suit on bond to recover hire of a county convict. [R. S. articles 1876, 3604.] Under the provisions of the bond, the last payment became due on the 18th of May, 1878, and more than four years had elapsed from that date before the institution of this suit. Defendants pleaded the statute of limitation of four years, which was sustained and the suit was dismissed. Held, that in actions-like this, the maxim nullum tempus occurrit regi does' not apply in favor of a county, and that this suit was barred by the statute of limitation of four years. The case of Coleman v. Thurmond, 56 Tex. 514, is cited, and distinguished from the case at bar. [Galveston v. Menard, 23 Tex. 408; 10 Barb. 155; Angell on Highways, § 324; Armstrong v. Dalton, 4 Dev. (N. C.) 568; 8 Ohio, 258; 9 Shep. (Me.) 445; 2 Dillon Munic. Corp. § 637-668.]
October 13, 1883.
Affirmed.