Holmes v. Chicago & Alton Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District; the Hon. Chauncey L. Higbee, presiding Justice, and Hon. Oliver L. Davis and Hon. Lyman Lacey, Justices.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
The decision of this case turns on the construction of the 24th section of our limitation law. It is this: “In any of the actions specified in any of the sections of said act, if judgment shall be given for the plaintiff, and the same be reversed by writ of error or upon appeal; or if a verdict pass for the plaintiff, and, upon matter alleged in arrest of judgment, the judgment be given against the plaintiff; or if the plaintiff be non-suited,—then, if the time limited for bringing such action shall have expired during the pendency of such suit, the said plaintiff, his or her heirs, executors…
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- Gibbs v. Crane Elevator Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1899
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