Wofford v. Unger

Citations

• 55 Tex. 480
• 1881 Tex. LEXIS 144

Syllabus

<p>1. Limitation.—The statute of limitations will run in favor of the wife from the date of the maturity of a note executed by the husband and wife, and secured by mortgage on the wife's separate estate, so as to defeat a foreclosure of the mortgage on proceedings against her begun more than four years after the maturity of the note, notwithstanding the debt, as against the husband, may have been kept alive by proceedings in bankruptcy.</p> <p>2. Limitation.—The statute of limitations begins to run in favor of a surety or guarantor from the time he is liable to suit, and in favor of a mortgagor from the time the mortgagee’s right of action . accrues.</p>