Legal Opinion

Gridley v. Barnes

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided March 28, 1882PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeals from the Appellate Court for the Third District; —heard in that court on appeals from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Owen T. Beeves, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield

In these cases actions of debt were brought by the plaintiffs, against the defendants, as stockholders of the Lamar Insurance Company, to recover certain specified indebtedness of that company to the plaintiffs, respectively. So far as the questions to be considered are concerned, there is no substantial difference between the cases. In both, the causes of action accrued more than two years before the bringing of suit, .and under the stipulations of the parties the defence of limitation is properly before the court.

If we shall regard the liability of the defendants as resting on the 16th…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Arenz v. WeirIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
  2. Dickson v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R.Illinois Supreme Court · 1875

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Hoskins Coal & Dock Corp. v. Truax Traer Coal Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1951
  2. Smith v. GrooverDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1979
  3. M. H. Vestal Co. v. RobertsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
  4. Schiffman Bros, Inc. v. Texas CoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1952
  5. Daly v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1962

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