Case Name: Payne vs. Smith
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1832-10-13
Citations: 7 J.J. Marsh. 500
Docket Number: 
Parties: Payne vs. Smith.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Reports
Volume: 30
Pages: 500–501

Head Matter:
Payne vs. Smith.
Case 153..
Error to iho Franklin Circuit; Todd, Judge-
Statute of limitation, plea of. Actio non accrevit,
Wherea timVdoesmit immediately -use u or i!i tho make-1- f a i roirnse i ut results from a breech happening i oars u'ti l- (lie pn - miso is irado, the olea of non aosmusit will n -> tars is no bar.
October 13.

Opinion:
Judge Underwood
delivered the opinion of the court.
Where a cause of action does not immediately arise upon the making of a promise, but res,1bs from a breach happening years after the promise is made, the plea of non assumpsit within five years is not a bar. If the limitation is relied on, it should be actio non accrevit, &c. The limitation does not run until there has been a breach of the promise. An undertaking to pay money five years hence is not barred until five years after the money has become due.
Monroe, for plaintiff.
The statute of frauds did not make the declaration bad, because no writing was set out. The judg ment upon the demurrer was erroneous. The plea was bad.
Judgment reversed, witli costs, and cause remanded for judgment against the plea.