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38 Ark. 469

Hicks v. Brown

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided May 15, 1882

Supreme Court of Arkansas · decided 1882-05-15

Hon. John H. Bogers, Circuit Judge. STATEMENT. On the twenty-third day of August, 1880, Hicks sued Brown in the Circuit Court at Greenwood, in Sebastian county, upon a judgment he had recovered against him before a justice of the peace of the county, on the twenty-fourth day of August, 1870, for $200.

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Decided 1882-05-15

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Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently April 1983

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HArrison, J.

¶1The Statute makes no distinction as to the limitation of actions between judgments of the Circuit Courts- and justice’s of the peace. Its language is :

¶2“Actions on all judgments and decrees shall be commenced within ten year's after the cause of action shall accrue, and not afterwards.” Sec. 4128, Gantt’s Digest.

¶3There is no necessary relation between this section and section 3791, limiting the time in which executions may be issued on judgments of justices of the peace, and it is not required to be construed in pari materia with it. A payment or part satisfaction would not extend the time in which the execution might be issued, but though made after the expiration of it, would remove the bar of the Statute of Limitations.

¶4The plea of the Statute of Limitations of five years was, therefore, no bar or defense to the action, and the plaintiff,, notwithstanding the answer and the finding of the court, was entitled to judgment.

¶5The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded, with the instruction to render judgment for the plaintiff.

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