US SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
PENFIELD V. CHESAPEAKE, O. & S.W. R. CO., 134 U. S. 351 (1890)
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Penfield v. Chesapeake, O. & S.W. R. Co., 134 U.S. 351 (1890)
Penfield v. Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern Railroad Company
No. 187
Argued January 30, 1890
Decided March 17, 1890
134 U.S. 351
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Syllabus
In section 90 of the New York Code of Civil Procedure, it is provided that
"where a cause of action . . . accrues against a person who is not then a resident of the state, an action cannot be brought thereon in a court of the state, against him or his personal representative after the expiration of the time limited by the laws of his residence for bringing a like action, except by a resident of the state, and in one of the following cases: . . . 2. Where, before the expiration of the time so limited, the person in whose favor it originally accrued was or became a resident of the state, etc."
