George B. Swift Co. v. Gaylord
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Rock Island county; the Hon. E. C. Graves, Judge, presiding. The circuit court of Rock Island county rendered a judgment for $5000 in favor of appellee, against appellant, for negligently causing the death of plaintiff’s intestate, and that judgment has been affirmed by the Appellate Court.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District ;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Rock Island county; the Hon. E. C. Graves, Judge, presiding. The circuit court of Rock Island county rendered a judgment for $5000 in favor of appellee, against appellant, for negligently causing the death of plaintiff’s intestate, and that judgment has been affirmed by the Appellate Court. The action was brought to the January term, 1904, of said circuit court against this appellant, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company and the Rock Island Improvement Company. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn
It is contended that the court erred in sustaining the demurrer to the pleas of the Statute of Limitations filed to the amended declaration. The statute provides that every action to recover damages for the death of a person caused by another’s wrongful act shall be commenced within one year after such death, and the amended declaration in this case having been filed more than one year after the death of plaintiff’s intestate, the action was barred unless the cause of action set forth in the amended declaration was the same as that declared upon in the original declaration.
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