Eingartner v. Illinois Steel Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee county: Geo. E. SutheelaNd, Judge. Action by an employee to recover of bis employer compensation for a personal injury alleged to have been caused by negligence of such employer in respect to neglecting to furnish plaintiff with a reasonably safe place in which to do his work.
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Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee county: Geo. E. SutheelaNd, Judge. Action by an employee to recover of bis employer compensation for a personal injury alleged to have been caused by negligence of such employer in respect to neglecting to furnish plaintiff with a reasonably safe place in which to do his work. Both parties were citizens of the state of Illinois at the time the cause of action arose, and continued such down to the time of the commencement of this action. The period within which an action could have been commenced to enforce the alleged liability in the…
1Opinion of the CourtMaeshall, J.
This is the sole question we are called upon to decide in this case: If a citizen of a sister state, having a •claim against another such citizen, allow the period limited by laiv for its enforcement in the courts of such state to expire, can he then come into this state and enforce such claim in its courts if the necessary service can be obtained to give the court jurisdiction of the defendant in the action?
It is conceded that the effect of the statute of limitations of this state extinguishes the right upon which it has com-plétely operated. Brown v. Parker, 28 Wis. 21; Knox v. Cleveland,…
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