Case Name: Alexander, County Trustee, v. The Executors of Alexander
Court: Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1811-07
Citations: 1 Car. L. Rep.  273
Docket Number: 
Parties: Alexander, County Trustee, v. The Executors of Alexander.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 4
Pages: 273–273

Head Matter:
Alexander, County Trustee, v. The Executors of Alexander.
This action was brought to recover money received by the defendant’s testator in his life-time as county ranger. The defendant had been dead fifteen years or more. The defendant, among other things, pleaded the ordinary statute of limitations and the statute limiting actions against the estate of deceased persons to seven years. The questions referred to the Supreme Court are, whether the plaintiff’s claim is barred by either of the aforesaid statutes of limitation.

Opinion:
By the Court.
The act of 1715 is clearly a bar to the plaintiff's recovery; and it is not therefore necessary to consider the question as to the ordinary statute of limitations.