BURFORD v. VILLAGE OF LA GRANGE

Gen. No. 50,834.

90 Ill. App.2d 210 (1967)

234 N.E.2d 120

Miles G. Burford and Janice H. Burford, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Village of La Grange, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

Rehearing denied January 17, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Linklater and Jerome H. Torshen, of Chicago (Jerome H. Torshen, of counsel), for appellant.

Edward J. Barrett, of Chicago, for appellees.


MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE SMITH delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiffs obtained a jury verdict of $21,000 for water damage to their residence resulting from allegedly inadequate or defective village storm sewers. The trial court ordered a remittitur and reduced the judgment to $12,070.46. Plaintiffs consented to the remittitur as a condition to the denial of a new trial, but reserved their right to question the propriety of the remittitur on appeal in accordance...

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