Brink's Express Co. v. O'Donnell
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. John C. Carver, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1899.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Sears
delivered the opinion of the court.
But two questions are presented which are of controlling importance upon this appeal. The first is as- to the evidence .supporting the plea of' the statute of limitations. The second is as to the effect of the settlement with appellant made by Mr. Foster, as administrator of the intestate.
The plea of the statute of limitations, upon replication to which issue was joined, presented a complete bar to the action, so far as it was set up by the amended narr. and the new count, if that plea was sustained by the proof. The plea set up in…
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