2 App. D.C. 387 - Lewis v. Denison’s Empirical Analysis
1894
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently February 1996
1 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
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Most-quoted passages
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““That the bar of the statute of limitations will not commence to run in equity until the fraud has been discovered, or until such time as by the use of ordinary care it might reasonably have been discovered, is now universally conceded. There has, however, been great diversity of opinion with respect to the operation of this rule in actions at law. The question was thoroughly considered by Story, J., in the Circuit Court, at an early day, and after an exhaustive review of the authorities, and discussion of the principle, he considered that the rule should be made to apply at law as well as in equity. See Sherwood v. Sutton, 5 Mason 143 . The weight of authority at the present time supports the conclusion.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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