42 Ark. 163
Decided November 15, 1883
Supreme Court of Arkansas · decided 1883-11-15
Hon. J. Frank Wilson, Special Judge. The note was not due, and the suit was prematurely brought. Pomeroy on Rem, etc., sec. 519; Gantt’s Digest, sec. 568; Wait’s Action and Def., vol. 1, p. 6^0; Story Prom. Notes, Ifti ed., sec. §85; 17 Ark., ^§.
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Decided 1883-11-15
Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently December 1927
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¶1The plaintiff sued July 1, 1882, and obtained judgment upon an instrument for the payment of a certain sum of money on or before the first day of July, 1882. The maker had the whole of that day to pay it, and could not be sued until the next day. Zachery v. Brown, 17 Ark., 442.
¶2Reversed and remanded, with directions to abate the action as premature.