Baker v. Cook

The trial court held that the cause of action asserted by appellant, as plaintiff, was shown in the latter's pleading to be barred by the two-year statute of limitation. That holding raises the only question presented in ithe appeal. We will state the. case alleged:

John A. Cook and Thomas Cook were brothers, who with their invalid mother resided in the home of John A. Cook, in Cook county, Ill. Mathilde Baker was an orphan girl, and in 1891, at the age of 14 years, “was taken into the home of John A. Cook to wait upon and be a companion to his invalid mother, and also the mother of Thomas…