STATE v. BOYCE


81 A.2d 294 (1951)

STATE ex rel. CARPENTER v. BOYCE et al.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

April 24, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart Lynch and Robert H. Barnett, Wilmington, for plaintiff below, plaintiff in error.

C. Edward Duffy, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., for defendants below, defendants in error.

WOLCOTT, Chancellor, RICHARDS, C. J., TERRY and CAREY, JJ., and SEITZ, Vice Chancellor, sitting.


CAREY, Judge.

The problem presented is whether the present action is barred by Code Section 5129, as amended, 46 Del.Laws, c. 115. The part of the statute relied upon by the defendants reads as follows: "* * * no action based on a statute * * * shall be brought after the expiration of three years from the accruing of the cause of such action * * *".

Pointing out that the purpose of this suit is to establish the relator...

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