Case Name: Moore v. Horsley
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1883-11
Citations: 42 Ark. 163
Docket Number: 
Parties: Moore v. Horsley.
Judges: 
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 42
Pages: 163–164

Head Matter:
Moore v. Horsley.
Actiox : When if accrues on nofe.
An action on a note payable on or before a particular day can not be brought until after that day.
APPEAL from Benton Circuit Court.
Hon. J. Frank "Wilson, Special Judge.
JS. 8. McDaniel for appellant.
The note was not due, and the suit was prematurely brought. Pomeroy on Rem, etc., sec. 519; Gantt’s Digest, sec. 568; Wait’s Action and Def., vol. 1, p. 6^0; Story Prom. Notes, Ifti ed., sec. §85; 17 Ark., ^§.

Opinion:
Smith, J.
The plaintiff sued July 1, 1882, and obtained judgment upon an instrument for the payment of a certain sum of money on or before the first day of July, 1882. The maker had the whole of that day to pay it, and could not be sued until the next day. Zachery v. Brown, 17 Ark., 442.
Reversed and remanded, with directions to abate the action as premature.