Case Name: Eliphalet Miller against John Colwell
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Decision Date: 1819-09
Citations: 5 N.J.L. 577
Docket Number: 
Parties: *Eliphalet Miller against John Colwell.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Jersey Law Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 665–666

Head Matter:
*Eliphalet Miller against John Colwell.
ON CERTIORARI.
Statute of ^ltatlons
Franklin vs. Camp, Coxe 196. Burnet vs. Bryan, 1 Hal. 377. Smith vs. Ruecastle, 2 Hal. 357. Dancer vs. Patterson, 5 Hal. 255. Belles vs. Belles, 7 Hal. 339. Gulick ads. Turnpike Co., 2 Gr. 545. Hibler vs. Johnston, 3 Har. 266. Cook vs. Smith, 1 Vr. 394. Thorpe vs. Corwin, Spen. 311.

Opinion:
Kirkpatrick C. J.
The foundation of this action, was an account for fire-wood, hay, &c., the product of the plaintiff's farm, and not an account between merchants. Most of the items of it were of more than six years star ding, and no assumption having been proved within that time, the defendant set up, in his defence, the statute of limitations, and requested the justice to charge the jury that these items were barred by the said statute. The justice, however, it seems, thought the law to be different, and informed the jury that if any one item of the account was within six years, .it took the whole out of the statute. In this opinion he erred, and
Therefore let the judgment be reversed.