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LEWIS v. LEWIS.

48 U.S. 776 (1849)

7 How. 776

WILLIAM LEWIS, WHO SUES FOR THE USE OF NICHOLAS LONGWORTH, PLAINTIFF, v. THOMAS LEWIS, ADMINISTRATOR DE BONIS NON OF MOSES BROADWELL, DECEASED.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. Wright, for the plaintiff, and Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Lincoln, for the defendant.

Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This case depends upon the construction and operation of the statutes of limitation of the State of Illinois, and comes before us upon a certificate of division between the judges of the Circuit Court.

It is an action of covenant, brought in 1843, upon causes of action which accrued before 1827. The defendant pleaded the statute of limitations; to which the...

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