Severe v. Miller

Plaintiffs, Michael and Sharree Severe, appeal from an order of the circuit court of Macon County dismissing with prejudice their three-count complaint as barred by the five-year statute of limitations. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 110, par. 13 — 205.) At issue is the appropriate period of limitation for actions against tortfeasors for damages arising under section 15 of “An Act to revise the law in relation to husband and wife” (Husband and Wife Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 40, par. 1015). We affirm.

On November 12, 1982, plaintiffs filed a three-count complaint against defendants, Robert…