AMY v. DUBUQUE


98 U.S. 470 (____)

AMY v. DUBUQUE.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted on printed arguments by Mr. James Grant for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. O.P. Shiras for the defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

The question of limitation presented for our consideration upon this writ of error depends for its solution upon the statutes of Iowa. "It is not to be questioned," said this court in Hawkins et al. v. Barney's Lessee (5 Pet. 457), "that laws limiting the time of bringing suit constitute a part of the lex fori of every country: they are laws for administering justice, one

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