10 Cal. 386 | Cal. | 1858
Terry, C. J., and Field, J., concurring.
The cause was submitted to the Judge of the Second District, on an agreed statement of facts. The action was for a balance of a running account between plaintiff and the intestate. It seems that the account commenced in 1838, and ran to the time of the death of intestate, in 1849. Mo administration on the estate was taken until 1857, when defendant administered. The statement in reference to the indebtedness is as follows : “ The commercial books of Lattailade were kept by himself, and contain a running account between himself and the plaintiff; said account shows a balance in favor of the plaintiff, at the time of Lattailade’s death, of $1790 74.” Understanding this statement to mean that the intestate’s books showed that the intestate was indebted, at the time of his death, in- this sum, the sole question is, did the length of time elapsing between his death and administration on his estate present a bar to the recovery of it? and of this question the twenty-fourth section of the Statute of Limitations (Wood’s Digest, 46) furnishes an answer. The second clause of that section reads : “If a person against whom an action may be brought, die before the expiration of the time limited for the commencement of suit, and the cause of action survives, an
The ruling of the Court was erroneous on the agreed statement; and the judgment is reversed and canse remanded, with directions to the Court below to enter judgment for the plaintiff in pursuance of this opinion.