AUSTER v. KECK

No. 47935.

63 Ill.2d 485 (1976)

349 N.E.2d 20

MICHAEL AUSTER, JR., et al., Appellees, v. GEORGE FRED KECK et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied June 28, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Snyder, Clarke, Dalziel, Holmquist & Johnson, of Waukegan (Julian Johnson, of counsel), for appellants.

Max Chill, Herman Chill, and Donald B. Garvey, of Chicago, for appellees.

Philip F. Purcell, James N. Nowacki, and Martha E. Gibbs, of Chicago (Isham, Lincoln & Beale, of counsel), for amicus curiae Illinois Council of the American Institute of Architects.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

In this case we are asked to decide when a cause of action for architectural malpractice accrues under section 15 of the Limitations Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 83, par. 16), which provides:

"[A]ctions * * * to recover damages for an injury done to property, real or personal, * * * and all civil...

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