Joseph P. Bradley

“ Her only daughter and heir was a married woman, and remained such till the death of her husband in 1832. The action was not commenced until 1850. The plaintiff contended that, under the proviso referred to, the daughter's disability of coverture ought to be added to the mother's disability of insanity, and that this would save the action from the bar of the statute, whether under the limitation of 25 years or that of 20 years. But the court held that the disabilities could not be connected in this way. ”

“ The phraseology of the act of 1872 and of the 1008th section of the Revised Statutes is so nearly identical with that of the twenty-second section of the act of 1789, in reference to the point under consideration, that we must presume they were intended to have the same construction, and the act of 1789 contains no language which requires that it should have a different construction from that which had long been established in reference to all the statutes of limitation then known, whether in the mother country or in this. ”

“ As the appellant was free from any disability for several months after the entry of the decree appealed from, the statute commenced to run at that time, and therefore the time for taking the appeal expired several years before it was actually taken. ”

“ Jones, 4 Term R. 300, Lord KENYON said: 'I confess I never heard it doubted, till the discussion of this case, whether, when any of the statutes of limitations had begun to run, a subsequent disability would stop their running. ”