during his present illness.
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When some corporation or other responsible party calls you up and wants you to attend some one, have them sign the card, then they will be bound to pay if the patient fails to do so. The person representing a corporation should sign, as in many cases they have no authority to bind the company.
CHAPTER VI
LIMITATIONS.
The following table gives the time an account or instrument of writing, (note, judgment, etc.) will survive before becoming "out-lawed" by the statutes of limitations in the several states.
| Open account | Note | Judgment | ||||
| years | years | years | ||||
| Alabama | 3 | 6 | 20 | |||
| Alaska | 6 | 10 | ||||
| Arizona | 3 | |||||
| Arkansas | 3 | 10 | ||||
| California | 4 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Colorado | 6 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Connecticut | 6 | 17 | [1] | |||
| Delaware | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Florida | 3 | 5 | 20 | |||
| Georgia | 10 | 6 | 7 | |||
| Hawaii | 6 | 6 | 20 | |||
| Idaho | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||
| Illinois | 5 | 10 | 10 | [2] | ||
| Indiana | 6 | 10 | 20 | |||
| Iowa | 5 | 10 | 20 | |||
| Kansas | 3 | 5 | 5 | [3] | ||
| Kentucky | 5 | 5 | 15 | |||
| Louisiana | 3 | 5 | 10 | |||
| Massachusetts | 6 | 20 | 20 | |||
| Michigan | 6 | 10 | ||||
| Minnesota | 6 | 6 | 10 | |||
| Mississippi | 3 | 6 | 7 | |||
| Missouri | 10 | |||||
| Montana | 6 | |||||
| Nebraska | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Nevada | 3 | 4 | 6 | |||
| New Hampshire | 20 | |||||
| New Jersey | 20 | |||||
| New Mexico | 4 | 6 | 7 | |||
| New York | 10 | 20 | ||||
| North Carolina | 3 | 3 | 10 | |||
| North Dakota | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Ohio | 6 | 6 | 15 | |||
| Oklahoma | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Oregon | 6 | 6 | 10 | |||
| Pennsylvania | 6 | 6 | 20 | [4] | ||
| Rhode Island | 6 | 20 | 20 | |||
| South Carolina | 6 | 6 | 20 | |||
| South Dakota | 6 | 6 | 20 | [5] | ||
| Tennessee | 6 | 10 | [6] | |||
| Texas | 2 | 4 | 10 | |||
| Utah | 4 | 6 | 8 | |||
| Vermont | ||||||
| Virginia | 2 | 5 | 10 | |||
| Washington | 6 | 6 | ||||
| West Virginia | 5 | 5 | 10 | |||
| Wisconsin | 6 | 10 | 20 | |||
| British Columbia[7] | ||||||
| Manitoba | 6 | 10 | ||||
| Wyoming | 8 | 5 | 10 | |||
| New Brunswick | 6 | 6 | 20 | |||
| Nova Scotia | 6 | 20 | ||||
| Ontario | 6 | 10 | ||||
| Quebec | 5 | [8] | 5 | |||
| Mexico | 1 | 3 |