Auster v. Keck

In this case we are asked to decide when a cause of action for architectural malpractice accrues under section 15 of the Limitations Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 83, par. 16), which provides:

“[A] ctions *** to recover damages for an injury done to property, real or personal, *** and all civil actions not otherwise provided for, shall be commenced within 5 years next after the cause of action accrued.”

In 1969 the plaintiffs, Michael Auster, Jr., and Anita Auster, bought a house in Highland Park from Edward K. and June Isaacson. The house had been designed in 1960 by the defendants, George…