Campbell v. Holt

Citations

115 U.S. 620
6 S. Ct. 209
29 L. Ed. 483
1885 U.S. LEXIS 1877

Syllabus

<p>The repeal of a statute of limitation of actions on personal debts does not, as applied to a debtor, the right of action against whom is already barred, deprive him of his property in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.</p>

How courts have described this case

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holding that the Fourteenth Amendment does not bar a state legislature from reviving civil claims after a statute of limitations has run because “no right is destroyed when the law restores a remedy which had been lost”
statutes of limitations \have always been held to be within the legislative power until the bar is complete \
statutes of limitations “have always been held to be within the legislative power until the bar is complete ”
statutes of limitations go to matters of remedy rather than destruction of fundamental rights
“[N]o right is destroyed when the law restores a remedy which had been lost.”

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Judges: Miller, Bradley, Harlan

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