Case Name: Bank of Columbia v. James Moore
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1828-05
Citations: 3 Cranch 292
Docket Number: 
Parties: Bank of Columbia v. James Moore.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 3
Pages: 292–293

Head Matter:
Bank of Columbia v. James Moore.
The issuing of the execution by the Bank of Columbia under the Act of Maryland of 1793, c.30, is the commencement of the action in regard to the statute of limitations.
This was a fieri facias issued by order of the president of the Bank of Columbia under its charter of 1793, c. 30, without a judgment. The defendant pleaded non assumpsit within three years next before the commencement of this suit.
Mr. Key, for the plaintiff,
contended that the demand of pay ment, which was a necessary preliminary to the issuing of the execution, was the commencement of the suit. The demand was made five days before the expiration of the three years, but the bank could not issue the execution until ten days after the demand, which was five days after the expiration of the three years.

Opinion:
The Couht (hem. con.) said that the issuing of the execution was the commencement of the suit.
Verdict for the defendant.
Motion for new trial, for misdirection of the jury by the Court upon this point, overruled, but á new trial was granted upon añidavit of newly-discovered evidence.