152. Judgments2 recovered in any court of record as well without as within this state, may be revived by scire facias, or an action of debt brought thereon within twenty years next after the date of such judgment1. How. & Hutch. pages 570 and. 574, ch. 43, sec. 96 and 111, Laws 1822 and 1830. This extends to decrees of the chancery court. How. Rep. 4, 31.
153. - 3. Suits on bonds, or recognizances against sureties for public officers must be commenced and sued within five years next after cause of action accrued4. Id. sec. 97, page 570, L. 1822.
154. - 2d. On torts. Actions for torts affecting the person must be sued within two years next after cause accrued. How. & Hutch. page 569, ch. 43, sec. 92, L. 1822. Actions of slander5 for words spoken or written must be sued within one year. Id. sec. 93, L. 1822; How. Rep. 2, 698. Actions of trespass7 quare clausum fregit; trespass; detinue; trover; replevin, for taking away goods and chattels8, actions on the case, must be sued within six years next after cause of action accrued. Id. How. & Hutch. page 569, ch. 43, sec. 91, L. 1822.
155. - 3. As to penal9 actions. Penal actions are limited to twelve months from the time of incurring10 the fine or forfeiture11. (Persons absconding12 or fleeing from justic are excepted:) How. & Hutch 49, see. 19, L. 1822.
156. - 4. As to crimes. Indictments13, presentments or informations for offences (crimes) must be found or exhibited within one year next after the offence committed, (except for wilful14 murder, arson15, forgery16, counterfeiting17 and larceny18; as to which there is no limitation.) How. & Hutch. p. 668, ch. 49; sec. 19, L. 1822.
157. Missouri. 1. As to lands. That from henceforth no person or persons whatsoever19 shall make entry into any lands, tenements20 or hereditaments, after the expiration21 of twenty years next after his, her or their right or title to the same first descended22 or accrued; nor shall any person or persons whatsoever have or maintain any writ6 of right, or any other real or possessory writ or action for any lands, tenements, or hereditaments of the seisin or possession of him, her or them, his, her or their ancestors or predecessors23, nor declare or allege24 any other seisin or possession of him, her or them, his, her or their ancestors or predecessors, than within twenty years next before such writ, action, or suit, so hereafter to be sued, commenced or brought. Act of 1848. Infants, femes covert25, persons of unsound memory, imprisoned26, beyond seas, or without the jurisdiction27 of the United States, may sustain such actions commenced within twenty years after the disability has been removed.
158. - 2. As to personal actions. In all actions upon the case (other than for slander;) actions for accounts, (other than such accounts as concern the trade of merchandise between merchant and merchant, their factors and servants;) actions for debt, grounded upon any lending or contract without specialty28, or of debt for arrearages of rent; and actions of trespass quare clausum fregit, shall be brought within five years after the cause of action shall accrue3.
159. All actions upon accounts for goods, wares29 and merchandise sold and delivered, or for any article in any store account; all actions of trespass vi et armis, assault and battery, and imprisonment30, shall be brought within two years after the cause of action shall accrue.
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