Case Name: R. H. Baker v. H. G. Ratcliffe
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1880-10-13
Citations: 10 Ky. Op. 748
Docket Number: 
Parties: R. H. Baker v. H. G. Ratcliffe.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Opinions, containing the unreported opinions of the Court of Appeals
Volume: 10
Pages: 748–749

Head Matter:
R. H. Baker v. H. G. Ratcliffe.
[Abstract Kentucky Law Reporter, Vol. 1 — 352.]
Maturity of Note.
When a petition on a note shows that it was dated October 4, 1875, and due six months after date, and the suit on it was begun on March 31, 1876, it sufficiently appears that the action is begun before the maturity of the note, and such action must fail where no facts are alleged to bring the case within the statute permitting such an action before the maturity of the note.
APPEAL FROM CALDWELL CIRCUIT COURT.
October 13, 1880.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Judge Hines :
The motion to dismiss for want of an assignment of errors must be overruled. There appears in the record what purports to be an assignment, and which is sufficient if it can. be treated as filed. It appears in the record, and while in strictness it should have been endorsed filed, we will treat it as if it had been; but in doing so it is suggested that in the future it may be well that counsel look to this, as a case might arise in which justice to litigants would require the fact of filing to be better established.
F. W. Darby, for appellant.
G. W. Duvall, for appellee.
The petition in this- case shows no cause of action. It is alleged that the note sued on was dated October 4, 1875, and due six months after date. The action Vías instituted on the 31st day of March, 1876, before the maturity of the note, and no facts are alleged to bring the case within the letter or spirit of Sections 237 and 238, the Civil Code.
Judgment reversed and cause remanded with directions to dismiss the petition without prejudice.