Amy v. Watertown

Citations

• 130 U.S. 320
• 9 S. Ct. 537
• 32 L. Ed. 953
• 1889 U.S. LEXIS 1752

Syllabus

<p>The general rule respecting' statutes of limitation is that the language of the act must prevail, and that no reason based on apparent inconvenience or hardship will justify a departure from it.</p> <p>Cases considered in which courts of equity and some courts of law have held that the running of the statute was suspended on the ground of fraud. Cases considered in which courts of law have held the operation of the statute suspended for want of parties, or because the law prohibits the bringing of an action.</p> <p>Inability to serve process upon a defendant, caused by his designed elusion of it, is no excuse for not commencing an action within the prescribed period.</p>