78 P. 868 | Utah | 1904
This case was tried by the court without a jury. Upon the trial the court in its findings of fact found, in substance, that between the dates of October 1, 1897, and July 21, 1898, the defendant received from plaintiff the sum of $2,410.13 to and for the
In Busby v. Mining Company, 27 Utah 230, 75 Pac. 725, and McIntyre v. Ajax Min. Co., 20 Utah 323, 60 Pac. 552, obligations of the same character were involved as those in the case at bar, and this court in both
The defendant pleaded the statute of limitations, and insists in its brief that the action was barred before the suit was instituted. The question as to whether or not a reasonable time had elapsed before the suit was brought, was one of fact for the court, and it found that a reasonable time had elapsed before the time the first dividend was paid during the month of September, 1903, but did not find definitely the date when it had elapsed, nor is the date shown by the record. The statute of limitations, pleaded by the defendant, could not begin to run until a reasonable time after the creation of the obligation had elapsed. The burden of proving that the action was barred was upon the defendant, and, therefore, as it neither appears from the findings of the court or from the record at what date a reasonable time elapsed, the defendants plea of the statute of limitations cannot prevail.
It is ordered that the judgment be affirmed, with costs.