Kennard ex rel. McGehee v. Alston

Citations

• 62 Miss. 763

Syllabus

<p>1. Limitation op Actions. Foreign judgments. Absence of defendant. Sections 2154, 2157, Code 1871.</p> <p>The limitation of actions upon judgments rendered by courts of record “ without this State,” as provided in \\ 2154 of the Code of 1871, was subject to the exception, as to the defendant’s absence from the State, contained in $ 2157 of that code, which had reference to “ any cause of action mentioned in ” the chapter of which the two sections were parts. Maitland v. Keith, 30 Miss. 499, and Clements v. Brovin, 31 Miss. 93, distinguished.</p> <p>2. Same. Code 1871. Debtor never in this State.</p> <p>The statute of limitations above referred to did not run in favor of a debtor who never came within this State.</p>