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6 Ill. Ct. Cl. 361

Wolfe v. State

Court of Claims of Illinois

Decided December 18, 1929

Court of Claims of Illinois · decided 1929-12-18

Relies on Charleston Electrical Supply Co. v. State Board of Education

Decided 1929-12-18

Mr. Justice Thomas

¶1delivered the opinion of the court:

¶2Claimant asks an award for damages alleged to have been caused by mistreatment he received in 1912 and 1913 while a prisoner in the State Reformatory at Pontiac.. He charges that while he was a prisoner there he was assaulted and beaten by the guards, physicians and other officials, as a result of which he became sick and suffered loss of memory and other mental and physical disorders. To the declaration the State has filed a plea of former adjudication.

¶3Claimant filed a claim in this court based on the same facts and circumstances as this claim in 1921 and upon a hearing thereof the same was denied at the September term, 1924. (Wolfe v. State, 5 Ct. Cl. 18.) The cause having once been heard and decided by this court will not be considered again.

¶4If the claim had not been previously considered and determined against claimant it would have to be denied as it has long been barred by the Statute of Limitations.

¶5The claim is denied and the case dismissed.

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