Skinner v. City of Eustis

The plaintiff in error, who was plaintiff in the court below, filed a declaration against City of Eustis claiming damages for an injury alleged to have resulted from negligence of the defendant in the operation of a “skeet” shooting range.

It is not necessary to elaborate on the alleged cause of action as will be seen as the question presented to us is developed.

The praecipe for summons was issued more than a year after the wrongful act and to the declaration the defendant filed certain pleas, among them one that the “cause of action did not accrue within six months before this suit.” It was…