McClelland Adm'r v. Slauter

Citations

• 30 Tex. 497

Syllabus

<p>The 1st section of the act of the 20th of March, 1848, for fixing the liabilities of drawers or endorsers of negotiable paper by a suit at the first term of the court to which suit can be brought (Paschal’s Dig., Art. 220, Notes 283, 290,) is not a statute of limitation within the meaning of the 6th section of the 11th ordinance of the convention of 1866, which declares, that in all civil actions the time between the 2d day of March, 1861, and the 2d day of September, 1866, shall not be computed in the application of any statute of limitation. (Paschal’s Dig., Art. 4631a.)</p>