Case Name: Frank Merriam Crocker, as Executor, etc., of Merriam N. Crocker, Deceased, Respondent, v. Joseph Ireland, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1932-03
Citations: 235 A.D. 760
Docket Number: 
Parties: Frank Merriam Crocker, as Executor, etc., of Merriam N. Crocker, Deceased, Respondent, v. Joseph Ireland, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 235
Pages: 760–761

Head Matter:
Frank Merriam Crocker, as Executor, etc., of Merriam N. Crocker, Deceased, Respondent, v. Joseph Ireland, Appellant.

Opinion:
Order reversed on the law, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and motion granted, with ten dollars costs, on the grounds: 1. That the language of the alleged waiver is not suffi ciently clear to warrant a construction that it comprehended waiver of the Statute of Limitations. 2. Under the authorities the Statute of Limitations may not be waived in the original contract, that is, at the inception of liability. (Shapley v. Abbott, 42 N. Y. 443; Watertown National Bank v. Bagley, 134 App. Div. 831; Smith v. Wagner, 106 Misc. 170; Crawford v. Lockwood, 9 How. Pr. 547; Civ. Prac. Act, § 10.) (See, also, Harvard Law Review, vol. XLV, p. 592.) All concur, Taylor and Bdgcomb, JJ., solely upon the first ground stated. Present — Sears, P. J., Crouch, Taylor, Edgcomb and Crosby, JJ. [141 Misc. 418.]