Truesdale v. Straw, 58 N.H. 207, is a decisive authority against the defendant, but, without regard to that case, we think there is no ground for holding that a common-law award can be impeached in any proceeding, simply for the allowance of claims barred by the statute of limitations.
Exceptions overruled.
STANLEY, J., did not sit: the others concurred. *Page 356