80 N.J.L. 10 | N.J. | 1910
The opinion of the court was delivered by
This is an action on a promissory note. The defendant pleaded—first, the general issue, and second, that the plaintiff’s action was barred, because not brought within the period required by the statute of limitations of this state. To the second plea the plaintiff replied that the note in suit was made and delivered in the Staté of Connecticut, and was payable in that jurisdiction; that the time fixed by the statute of limitations of that state within which suit upon a note made and delivered in that state, and payable in that state, was required to be instituted, had not expired when the present action was begun; and averred that the statute of Connecticut, and not that oi this state, fixed the period within which the action might be brought. To this replication the defendant demurred.
The ground of demurrer is that the statute of limitations of this state, and not that of Connecticut, controls. The
The defendant is entitled to judgment upon the demurrer.