Wood v. Williams
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Owen T. Beeves, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholeield
Two questions are presented by the arguments made in this case: First, is the letter set out in the third count of appellant’s declaration a contract or instrument in writing, within the meaning of section 16 of the Statute of Limitations; and second, is the replication of the fraudulent concealment of the cause of action, as pleaded, an answer to the plea of tL^e Statute of Limitations ? Both were answered in the negative by the courts below, and in our opinion they were correctly so answered.
First — Section 16 of the Statute of Limitations is: “Actions on bonds, promissory notes, bills of…
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