MURRAY'S LESSEE
v.
BAKER ET AL.
Mr. Justice Johnson delivered the opinion, of the court. This is an action of.ejectment-.. The defence set up is the act of limitations of the state of Georgia. The only question which the. case presents is, whether the plaintiff, who resided in Virginia, comes within the exception in the act in favour of persons “beyond seas.”
Qn this question, the court aTe-unanimously of opinion, that to give a sensible construction to that act,, the words, “beyond, seas” must be held to-he equivalent to “without the limits of the state,” and order this opinion to be-certified to the circuit court of the district of Georgia.
Certificate for the plaintiff..
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Davie v. Briggs, 97 U.S. 628 (U.S. 1878)…ng the meaning of the words “ out of this Commonwealth,” as employed in a Virginia statute of limitations, said: “ Beyond sea and out of the State are analogous expressions, and are to have the same construction.” In Murray's Lessee v. Baker et al. (3 Wheat. 541), involving the construction of a Georgia statute of limitation, this court held that the words “ beyond the seas ” must be held to be equivalent to “ without the limits of the State.” In Bank of Alexandria v. Dyer (14 Pet. 141), the same views were…1 / 2
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