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YOUNG v. CLARENDON TOWNSHIP

No. 34.

132 U.S. 340 (1889)

YOUNG v. CLARENDON TOWNSHIP.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 9, 1889.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John D. Conely for appellant. Mr. Alfred Lucking was with him on the brief.

Mr. W.K. Gibson and Mr. Isaac Marston, for The Township of Clarendon, appellee.

Mr. JUSTICE LAMAR, after stating the facts in the foregoing language, delivered the opinion of the court.

We consider the decisive question in this case to be that of the laches in pursuit of the railroad company's right against the township. In this view the controversy must be narrowed to a single issue. The township, which is the defendant below, and which defends separately, claims that the cause of action accrued either 13 or 14 years before this bill was filed...

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