Dickson v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R.
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Fulton county; the Hon. Chauncey L. Higbee, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, by Laura A. Dickson against the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, to recover for a personal injury. The facts involved in the decision are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
The only question presented on this record is, whether, bv the Limitation Act of 1872,the right to sue in actions on the case for damages for an injury to the person, when the cause of action accrued prior to the passage of that act, is limited to two years.
The action here was one on the case, for damages for an injury to the person consequent upon the alleged wrongful act of the servants of the defendant. The cause of action accrued in the year. 1870. The suit was brought July 6, 1874. The defendant pleaded two special pleas, setting up, in substance, that the cause of action accrued, if at…
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