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Hawkins v. Savage

John Hawkins v. Lewis Savage, Administrator.

Hawkins v. Savage, 75 N.C. 133 (1876)
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Supreme Court of North Carolina · State Highest Courts
Decided
June 5, 1876
Judges
Seetle
Citations
75 N.C. 133
Cited by 3
Headnotes
In an action for a tort committed in 1867, the Statute of Limitations does not begin to run until the 1st day of January, 1870. .(The case of Bdwa/rds y. Jarvis, 74 N. 0. Rep., 815, cited and approved.)
Summary
Civil Actiost, to recover damages, tried before Moore, J., at May Term, 1876, of Edgecombe Superior Court. ■In March, 1867, the intestate of the defendant converted, to his own use, a quantity of fodder, the property of the plaintiff. The -defendant relied upon the Statute of Limitations as a defence to the action. The summons was issued December 30th, 1872. Prior to the commencement of the present action, to-wit: April 1st, 1870, the plaintiff commenced an action for the same cause, but in November, 1871, •entered a non-suit therein. His Honor held that the Act of March 1st, 1867, secs. 1-2, entitled “ An Act explanatory of an Act entitled An Act to change the jurisdiction of the Courts and the rules •of pleading therein,” did not apply to actions for torts. The Court rendered judgment for plaintiff, and thereupon the ■defendant appealed.

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Opinion of the Court — Seetle

Seetle, J.

At the last term of this Court it was held., that the time elapsed from the 20th day of May, 1861, until the 1st day of January, 1870, shall not be counted so as to bar actions or suits, or to presume satisfaction or abandonment of rights, save only that actions of debt, coven ant, ¡as-, sumpsit or account upon any contract, demand or penalty incurred since the 1st day of May, 1865, and the remedies thereon shall be in all respects the same as they were in the year 1860.

Edwards v. Jarvis, 74 N. C. Rep., 315 .

*134 The exception leaves all causes of action ex contractu arising before the 1st day of May, 1865, and! all actions ex- delicto between the 20th day of May, 1.861, and the 1st day of January, 1870, subject to the provisions- of the first and. general proposition.

This being an action in tort, the statute did not begin to-run until the 1st day of January, 1870s and consequently is not barred.

It is proper to remark that the- decisions of the- last terra were not published at the time this appeal was taken.

The judgment of the Superior Court is affirmed.

Let this be certified, &c.

Per Curiam;. Judgment affirmed.

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1878–1879: 11882–1883: 218782026peak 1882 · 2

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  1. Bruner v. Threadgill88 N.C. 361 (1883)
  2. Patterson v. Wadsworth89 N.C. 407 (1883)
  3. Pearsall v. Kenan79 N.C. 472 (1878)

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  1. Patterson v. Wadsworth89 N.C. 407 (1883)
  2. Bruner v. Threadgill88 N.C. 361 (1883)
  3. Pearsall v. Kenan79 N.C. 472 (1878)

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