Richey v. Northwestern University

Full title: Dr. Earl L. Richey, Appellant, v. Northwestern University, Appellee

Court: Appellate Court of Illinois, Chicago, First District

Date published: May 29, 1944

323 Ill. App. 293 (Ill. App. Ct. 1944)

55 N.E.2d 406

Opinion

Gen. No. 42,819. (Abstract of Decision.)

Opinion filed May 29, 1944 Rehearing denied June 12, 1944

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, § 10^_ — statute of limitations as barring faculty member's action for allegedly wrongful discharge. Plaintiff's action for his allegedly wrongful discharge from his position as member of faculty of defendant university's college of dentistry, held based on unwritten contract and barred by five-year statute of limitations (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1943, ch. 83, par. 16; Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 107.275).

_ See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.

Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. MICHAEL L. McKINLEY, Judge, presiding.

Affirmed. Heard in the first division, first district, this court at the October term, 1943.

Urban A. Lavery, for appellant;

Ralph K. Ball and Poppenhusen, Johnston, Thompson Raymond, for appellee.

Opinion by JUSTICE MATCHETT.

Not to be published in full. Opinion filed May 29, 1944; rehearing denied June 12, 1944.