BRAUN v. SAUERWEIN


77 U.S. 218 (1869)

10 Wall. 218

BRAUN v. SAUERWEIN.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Brent, Crittenden, and Hughes, for the plaintiff in error:

Mr. C.H. Hill, Assistant Attorney-General, contra.


Mr. Justice STRONG delivered the opinion of the court.

It is undoubtedly a general principle, that when a statute of limitation has begun to run, a disability to sue subsequently intervening does not stop its running, even though the disability be one of those expressly recognized in the statute itself. Notwithstanding this, however, the courts in this country have engrafted upon such statutes at least one implied exception...

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