West Publishing Co. v. Lasley

Mr. Presiding Justice Brown

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ, of error to the Municipal Court of Chicago, which on June 18, 1909, entered a judgment of nil capiat and for costs against the plaintiff, which had sued the defendant in assumpsit on a promissory note of the defendant given for some law books theretofore sold and delivered by it to the defendant.

The note was for $320.80. It was dated December 7, 1896, and was payable in instalments, the last becoming due October 1, 1897. The defendant claimed the benefit of the Statute of Limitations of ten years, the suit at bar…