Kinsey v. Scott

The defendant, William E. Scott, appeals from a judgment in a bench trial awarding the plaintiff, Helen E. Kinsey, $11,800 in damages based upon defendant’s fraudulent misrepresentations in the sale of an apartment building to plaintiff. On appeal, the defendant raises four contentions of error: (1) that the evidence was insufficient to prove fraudulent misrepresentation; (2) that the five-year statute of limitations (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 110, par. 13 — 205) barred the plaintiffs cause of action; (3) that the trial court erred by failing to strike the testimony of the plaintiffs real…