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SHEPHERD v. THOMPSON

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122 U.S. 231 (1887)

7 S.Ct. 1229

30 L.Ed. 1156

SHEPHERD v. THOMPSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 27, 1887.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Andrew C. Bradley and Mr. William F. Mattingly for plaintiff in error, among other points, made the following:

Mr. Martin H. Morris for defendant in error (Mr. H.H. Wells was with him on the brief).

MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.

The statute of limitations in force in the District of Columbia is the statute of Maryland, which, so far as applicable to this case, closely follows the language of the English St. 21 Jac. I, c. 16, § 3, but bars an action on a promissory note or other simple contract in three years after the cause of action accrues. Maryland...

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