Ballenger v. McKee

Citations

• 36 Ill. 255

Syllabus

<p>Statutes of limitation. The act of February 10th, 1849, created a new bar of five years to an action upon a promissory note. The act of November 5th, 1849, repealed, as to causes of action thereafter to accrue, the act of February, 1849, and made sixteen years the bar. The act of February 11th, 1861, did not affect the act of November, 1849, as to causes of action arising after ifs passage. A promissory note, given cither within or without the State, since the act of November, 1849, went into effect, is only barred by the lapse of sixteen years.</p>