Laughlin v. Calumet & Chicago Canal & Dock Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the TSTorthera Disk-ict of Illinois. The only appellee concerned in this appeal is the Calumet & Chicago Canal & Dock Company, hereinafter called the “Dock Company.”
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the TSTorthera Disk-ict of Illinois. The only appellee concerned in this appeal is the Calumet & Chicago Canal & Dock Company, hereinafter called the “Dock Company.” On February 12. 1884, the appellant, as the assignee in bankruptcy of Henry Wisner, filed this bill against George H. Waite and 20 others; and on March 26, 1888, by amendment, made the dock company a party defendant, alleging that it claimed Title to the S. 12. fractional (south of the Calumet river) of section 25, township 37 N. of range 14 E. of the third P. M., and also…
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, District Judge.
After making the foregoing statement, the opinion of the court was delivered by
It is claimed that if the bill tiled on March 14, 1882, was tiled in time to obviate the bar of the statute of limitations, the present bill is not barred, nor is the appellant open to the charge of laches in sleeping on his rights. Appellant’s counsel cite and rely on section 25 of the statute of limitations of the state of Illinois (2 Starr & C. Ann. St. 1559). and Herring v. Poritz, 6 Ill. App. 208, in support of this claim. The claim, however, is unfounded, because that bill was not tiled…
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