Leroy v. City of Springfield

This was case, brought to the October term, 1875, of the Sangamon circuit court, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained in 1872, by reason of a defective sidewalk.

The defendant pleaded the Statute of Limitations, that the cause of action did not accrue at any time within two years next before the commencement of the suit. To this the plaintiff replied, that the cause of action mentioned in the declaration accrued on or about the 9th day of October, 1872, when the Statute of Limitations for such actions was five years, that time not having expired, etc.

To this replication there was…