Gibbs v. Crane Elevator Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
' Appeal from the Branch Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Jonas Hutchinson, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilkin
This is an action of trespass on the case by appellant, against appellees, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received through the negligence of the defendant the Crane Elevator Company. To the declaration the defendants filed a plea of the general issue, and subsequently pleaded the two year statute of limitations. Plaintiff filed replications to the latter plea, setting up the origin of the cause of action on May 27, 1892, the commencement of a suit by plaintiff against defendants on March 24,. 1894, in the superior court of Cook county, by filing a prcecipe and…
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