Harris v. Grayson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “No person or persons, or their heirs, shall have, sue or maintain any action or suit, either in law or equity, for any lands, tenements or hereditaments but within seven years next after his, her or their right to commence, have or maintain such suit shall have come, fallen or accrued; and all suits, either in law or equity, for the recovery of any lands, tenements or hereditaments shall be had and sued within seven years next after title or causé of action accrued, and no time after said seven years shall have passed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Grayson v. Harris