21 Tex. 753 | Tex. | 1858
The only question in this case is whether the Statute of Limitations of four years will ran against a suit by the State on a Tax Collector's bond.
It will appear from examination that the opinion in The State v. Purcell, (16 Tex. R. 305,) assumes two grounds for affirming the judgment, viz : that the suit was barred by the Statute of Limitation, and second, that it was barred by lapse of time, more than ten years having passed since the accrual of the cause of action. It was on this latter ground that I concurred fully in the judgment. My impression is, and it is sustained by the recollections of Mr. Justice Wheeler, that, though inclined to the policy of limiting suits by the State, I was not willing, without express provision by Statute, to go further than to bar such suits by lapse of time, which, by
In this view of the effect of lapse of time as against suits by the State, all the members of this Court concurred and are still of the game opinion. 'But such defence cannot be available in this case, as ten years have not elapsed from the accrual of the cause of action until the commencement of suit. We are of opinion that the Statute of four years, as pleaded, was not a good defence, and there being error in the judgment ordered that the same be reversed and cause remanded for a new trial.
Reversed and remanded.