Lewis Northrop, Appellant v. Joseph F. Hill, Respondent

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court's judgment, holding that the plaintiff's cause of action for fraud accrued at the time of the fraudulent purchase in 1854, so the six‑year statute of limitations barred the suit filed in 1869. The Court reasoned that the original fraud gave rise to at least nominal damages, and later losses were merely an aggravation of that original wrong.