Otto v. Griffin

Citations

• 54 Wash. 506
• 103 P. 789
• 1909 Wash. LEXIS 1025

Syllabus

<p>Actions — Accrual—Taking Note for Debt — Fraud of Debtors. The acceptance of promissory notes for the amount of open accounts, suspends the right of action on the accounts until the maturity of the notes, even though they were not taken in payment; and action on the accounts as past due is premature, notwithstanding a reply setting up fraudulent acts of the defendants that would have authorized attachments, under Bal. Code, § 5352, in case the complaint had alleged that the debt was not due and that nothing but time was wanting to fix an absolute indebtedness.</p>