Absence of defendant from the State, or the time during which be conceals himself to avoid process, is not computed in the limi

tation.

MICHIGAN-Actions which must be commenced within ten years after the cause of action accrued.-All actions for the recovery of real estate, and actions founded on contracts, and instruments under seal.

Within six years.-All actions of debt founded on contract or liability not under seal; on judgments and decrees rendered in all courts other than those of any court of record of the State, or of any other State; for arrears of rent; actions founded on contract or liability, express or implied; of waste; replevin and trover, and all other actions for taking, detaining, or injuring goods or chattels.

Within two years. All actions for trespass on land; assault and battery, false imprisonment, slander, and libel.

Minors, married women, lunatics, prisoners, or persons out of the United States, are entitled to the same periods, after their disability is removed.

In cases of open account, the cause of action accrues at the time of proof of the last item.

The foregoing limitations do not apply to notes issued as money by banks or money corporations.

When a party against whom there is a case of action is absent, or leaves the State, the time of such absence is not computed.

In actions on contract, no promise or acknowledgment shall take a case out of the statute, unless the same is made or contained by or in some writing.

INDIANA.-Actions which must be commenced within ten years after the cause of action accrued.-All actions for the recovery of land; actions on judgments rendered in any court of record of the State, or of any of the States or Territories of the United States; actions on bonds, notes, and contracts on specialty; and on bills, notes, and other evidences of debt, issued by banks or other moneyed corporations.

Within six years.-All actions of debt founded on contract or liability, express or implied; upon judgments rendered before a Justice of the Peace, or in any court not a court of record; for arrears of rent; for waste; trespass upon land; and actions of replevin, And for taking, detaining, and injuring goods.

Within three years.—All actions for assault, battery, and false imprisonment.

Within one year.-All actions for slander and libel.

In all actions of debt on open accounts, cause for action is deemed to have accrued at the time of the last item proved. Absence from the State, of defendant, is not computed.

Minors, married women, lunatics, prisoners, and persons absent from the United States, may bring action within one year after their disability is removed.

ILLINOIS.-Actions which must be commenced within twenty years after the cause accrued.-All actions concerning the recovery of real estate; and on judgments rendered by any court of record.

Within sixteen years.-All actions for debt, or covenants for rent, founded on a lease under seal; and of debt founded on bills, promissory notes, written obligations, covenants of specialty awards of arbitrators under seal, and on accounts between merchants relative to trade in merchandise. When any payment has been inade upon such instruments, right of action commences from the time of such payment.

Within five years.-All actions of trespass on lands, trespass on personal property, and taking and injuring goods; for arrears of rent on parole demise; and of accounts between retail merchants and consumers.

Within two years.-All actions for assault, battery, wounding, imprisonment and malicious prosecution.

Within one year.-All actions for slander and libel.

Absence of defendant from the State is not included in the com putation.

Minors, married women, lunatics, and persons absent from the State, may commence such actions within the terms prescribed, after the removal of their disability.

MISSOURI.-Actions which must be commenced within twenty year after the cause of action accrued.—All actions on bonds, judgments, and decrees.

Within ten years.-All actions founded on instruments under seal.

Within five years.—All actions for contracts, express or implied, and not under seal; on all liabilities created by statute, other than penalties or forfeitures; for trespass on real estate; for taking, detaining, or injuring goods; for the recovery of personal property; for criminal conversation, or other injury to the rights of persons; and all actions for relief on the ground of fraud, the cause accruing at the discovery of the fraud.

Within two years.-All actions for libel, assault, battery, false imprisonment, and for penalty or forfeiture to the State.

Within one year.-All actions against individuals by the State In cases of open account, the cause of action accrues at the time

of the last item in the account on the adverse side.

Limitations apply to actions brought by the State, or for its benefit.

A promise in writing is ne jessary to revive an action barred by the statuto.

Minors, married women, lunatics, and prisoners have the eume periods, respectively, after their disability is removed.

Iowa.-Actions which must be commenced within twenty years after the cause of action accrued.-All actions for the recovery of real estate. The judgment of any court of record may be revived after twenty years, by giving the defendant notice, and calling upon him to show cause why an action should not be commenced.

Within six years.—All actions of debt for rent or money founded upon covenant or lease; of debt on single or penal bills, promissory notes; on writings obligatory for the payment of money, or the delivery of property, or the performance of contracts, or on the award of arbitrators for the payment of money only; for the recovery of money or property on promises not under seal; and all actions on accounts between merchants on account of merchandise.

Within five years. All actions of trespass on property; for taking, detaining, or injuring goods; for arrearages of rent promised by word of month; and for debts due on running ac

counts.

Within two years.-All actions for debts due on accounts be tween retail merchants and consumers.

Within one year.-All actions for trespass on personal property; for libel and slander; and for assault, battery, false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution.

The time of defendant's absence from the State is not computed in the limitation.

WISCONSIN.-Actions which must be commenced within twenty years after the cause of action accrued. All actions for the recovery of real estate; all actions founded on judgments or decrees of courts of record, either in or out of the State.

Within six years.-All actions of debt founded on judgments or decrees of courts which are not courts of record; for arrears of rent; on contracts for money, express or implied; for waste; tres pass on land; and for replevin, and all other actions for taking, detaining, or injuring goods.

Within two years. All actions for assault, battery, malicious prosecution, false imprisonment, slander, and libel.

In all cases of open account, cause of action accrues at the time of proof of the last item.

Minors, married women, lunatics, and prisoners, have the same periods, respectively, after the removal of their disability.

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CALIFORNIA. Actions which must be commenced within five years after the cause of action accrued.-All actions for the recovery of real estate; and all actions on judgments or decrees of courte in the State, or in any of the United States or Territories

Withir four year-All actions founded on contracts obligations r liabilities, in writing. Actions on open account for goods.

Within three years.-All actions founded on liabilities, other than penalties or forfeitures; for trespass upon real estate; for taking, detaining, or injuring goods or chattels; for the recovery of personal property; for relief on the ground of fraud; the cause of action accruing upon the discovery of the fraud.

Within two years.-All actions on contracts, obligations, or lia bilities, not founded on instruments in writing.

Within one year.-All actions founded on penalties or forfeitures, for libel, slander, assault, battery, or false imprisonment; and for accounts between retail merchants and consumers.

In all cases of open and mutual account, the cause of action accrues from the time of the last item proved.

Minors, married women, lunatics, and prisoners, are entitled to the same periods, respectively, after the removal of their disability. No promise or acknowledgment shall be sufficient evidence of a new or continuing contract, whereby to take the case out of the statute, unless the same be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged.

MINNESOTA.-Actions which must be commenced within twenty years after the cause of action accrued.-All actions for the recov ery of real estate.

Within ten years. All actions upon a judgment or decree of s court of the United States, or of any State or territory of the United States.

Within six years.-All actions upon contracts or other obligations, expressed or implied, excepting those mentioned in the last preceding section; all actions for trespass upon real property; all actions for taking, detaining, and injuring personal property, including actions for the specific recovery thereof; all actions for criminal conversation, or for any other injury to the person or rights of another. not arising on obligation, and not hereinafter enumerated. All actions for relief, or on the ground of fraud; the cause of action in such cases not to be deemed to have accrued until the discovery by the aggrieved party of the facts constituting the fraud.

Within three years.-All actions against a sheriff, coroner, or constable, upon the liability by the doing of an act in their official capacity, or by the omission of their official duty, including the failure to pay moneys collected upon an execution.

Within two years.-All actions for libel, slander, assault, battery, or false imprisonment.

Within one year.-All actions against a sheriff, or other officer, for the escape of a person arrested or imprisoned by a civil process; all actions brought to recover the balance due upon a mutual

open, and current account, the cause of action accrues at the time of proof of the last item.

OREGON.-Actions which must be commenced within twenty years. -All actions for the recovery of real property, and for the pos. session thereof.

Within ten years.-All actions upon a judgment or decree of any court of the United States, or territories of the United States and all actions upon a sealed instrument.

Within six years.-All actions upon a contract or liability, ex press or implied, excepting those mentioned above; all actione for waste or trespass upon real property; all actions for taking, detaining or injuring personal property, including an action for the specific recovery thereof; all actions for criminal conversation, or for any other injury to the person or rights of another, not herein. after enumerated. All actions for relief on the ground of fraud, where the aggrieved party has discovered the facts constituting the fraud.

Within three years. All actions against a sheriff, coroner, or constable, upon a liability incurred by the doing of an act in his official capacity, and in virtue of his office All actions upon a statute, for penalty and forfeiture, where the action is given to the party aggrieved, except where the statute imposing it prescribes a different limitation.

Within two years. All actions for libel, slander, assault, battery, or false imprisonment; all actions upon a statute for a forfeiture or penalty to the State.

Within one year.-All actions against a sheriff or other officer, for the escape of a prisoner arrested on civil process; all actions to recover a balance due upon a mutual, open, and current account, from the time of the last item proved in the account on either side

KANSAS.--Actions which must be commenced within twenty-one years after the cause of action accrued.-All actions for the recovery of the title or possession of lands, tenements or heredita

ments.

Within three years.-All actions upon a speciality, or any agreement, contract or promise in writing. Also, all actions not in writing expressed or implied.

Within two years.-All actions for trespass upon real property; al actions for taking, detaining or injuring personal property. including actions for the specific recovery of personal property. Within one year.-All actions for libel, slander, assault and battery, malicious prosecution or false imprisonment.

NEBRASKA-Actions which must be commenced within twenty-one