Case Name: W. Archer v. M. Poor
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1839-03
Citations: 5 Cranch 542
Docket Number: 
Parties: W. Archer v. M. Poor.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 5
Pages: 542–542

Head Matter:
W. Archer v. M. Poor.
An acknowledgment of a claim is not sufficient to take a case out of the statute of limitations.
Assumpsit for use and occupation.
To take the case out of the statute of limitations, the plaintiff offered in evidence the defendant’s letter to the Secretary of the Navy, in which he says, “ I could have availed myself of the insolvent laws of the District, but preferred paying all debts as soon as possible, not omitting Mr. Archer’s claim.”
Mr. Dermott, for plaintiff, Mr. Bradley, for defendant.

Opinion:
The Court,
(Thruston, J.,
absent,) said it was not a sufficient acknowledgment to take the ease out of the statute. See Wetzel Bussard, 11 Wheat. 309, and Bank of the United States v. Moore, 6 Peters, 93.