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TOWNSEND v. JEMISON

50 U.S. 407 (1850)

9 How. 407

THOMAS TOWNSEND, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. ROBERT JEMISON, JR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Key, for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Badger, for the defendant in error.

Mr. Justice WAYNE delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit has been brought here from the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama. The defendant in the court below, appellant here, besides other pleas, pleaded that the cause of action accrued in Mississippi more than three years before the suit was brought; and that the Mississippi statute of limitations barred a recovery in the District...

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